t 5 The Somerset Herald. ID' KRD KCCLX. Editor nl rropriitor. rx vTX WEDNESDAY. Kcl-ruiirj-lO, 17. While it continues to meet in a church, the legislature at llarrisburg ought to do unusually Rood work. Thk Free distribution of fe1s from the Agricultural iVjwrtnical .survives nil ojioMtioii, and Congress has ar-iiro-jtriated $110,000 for their purcha4.. Jaxiwky resulted in an increase to the public debt of JU,07s,T.;"i. A I re publican revenue measure is the great need of the country. Witi:kx Populists are wry plainly sliowiu;; th:it thoy regard fusion with H -iii'M Mis as a failure, and that they intend to sail under their own colors in future campaigns. N C'hixamax is allowed to take part in a New Year celebration until he has paid all his debts. A custom of this kind in other countries would in sure a quiet holiday. Thk fact that the Tinted States sup plies the world with all of its condens ed milk proves that the American cow is slill an important factor in the mod ern civilization of the world. The tarill" problem will lie settled during the McKinley administration. and in such a way as to lie to the best interests of the government of the L'ni- ted States and all its tieople. Tin: people have given the Ilepubli- can party the contract to manage Ihis ( iovermiieiit the right way for tiie next four years, and that contract will be faithfully carried out. The inventors of the roller lioat promise to eros the ocean in three davs. Their success is doubtful, but prophets are not as confident as they were that the (xvan greyhounds have reached the limit of sjieed. The next Secretary of Agriculture? i a practical farmer, a professor in an Iowa agricultural college, and hasserv ed three terms in Congress, lie may le pronounced eijually tipiiopcd for the forum and the plow-handle. The moral of the Harrishurg capitol lire is that important State records should le put in places where the flames c in not reach them. Tire is one of the few things in this world which d.Ks its work with as mucli tliornugiiiios as cderitv. Utah starts ofT with a senatorial contest on her handy, in which th charges made are not to the credit of the memliers of her legislature. This is not a good beginning fr a Slate that has just been given the honor of hav ing a star in the country's Hag. SHooTiX't trf'tdiers and imjirisomng women are still the most successful achievements of Spanish warfare. Tiie men whoeould make victims of refined women simply liecaute they are the wives or the mothers of soldiers among the enemy have no right to call them selves civilized. Ax astronomer in Mexico has discov ered signs on the planet Mars by which he is liersuaded its highly intelligent inhabitants are trying to signal us by means of geometrical figures. Perhaps they are endeavoring to collect the lat est earthly data on arbitration treaties, for use in future celestial diplomacy. The numlier of petty swindlers who (successfully work upon their victims' sympathy appears to prove that U-nev-olence and prudence are not as intimate virtues a they should lie. It is very well to b'.ame the calculating head and praise the warm heart; but then, it s! uld be remembered that the heart leaves the head to liear the brunt of its emotional mistakes. It may not le comforting to some worthy gentlemen, but it is thought at Washington, on word from Canton, thtt Major McKinley will adopt the rule laid down by President Cleveland, and only in exceptional cases will he appoint to office applicants who served a term under President Harrison. They have had their share, he holds, and must give way to others with a better right to lie hungry. The appointment of Lvman J. flage is bringing praise to Mr. McKinley from all parties. No more popular se lection has lieen made by any Presi dent f.rany t in many years. Vet this is just swh a choice as could rea sonably have lieen exiected. Mr. Mc Kinley has a wider acquaintance among prominent men in all fields than any President has had previous to taking office since the Mar days except (Jar field, and he is a go.vl judge of men's capabilities. All his appointment thus far have given satisfaction. t I!i.sevhi:ke in this issue of the jj Ilr.KAi.n the County Commissioners I Lay before the tax-pavers of the county -'. a statement of the receipts and expen- ditures of tte C the year ls'Hi, . nrhich we commend to the careful scru I tiny of our readers, esicislly the tax- payer of the county. Proir to this time the Commissioners have caused to lie annually published a statement f of the receipts and expenditures of ihe l county after the same had lieen duly i audited by the county Auditors, but it I apxars that this year the Auditors ! had not completed their labors until I after the jieriod required by law for the J publication of the Commissioners' an I nual statement had cxpiicd. Farmers with wheat in their grana- ries hope that Secretary of Agriculture j Morton has made no mistake in his ; figures. According to his report last i year's wheat crop was 4:.7,O4.0.J bush i els. Roughly estimated, there have J lieen consumed up to this time 2JD,0t i ftO tmshels, and the exports have ben la'i.OHU.OllO. If these figures are cor i Tect there is not sufficient wheat to "2 meet demands until the next crop is harvested, and prices will materially advance, Put has not the Secretary ? overlooked a considerable portiou of i i the supply? In view of the lanr sur- plus of wheat produced in this cou i'rv . for a numlier of years it is not safe lo jump at the conclusion that a famine I is threatened. j President Cleveland is preparing J to vacate the White House. He will j have aa his guest on March Sl Major McKinley, and that will lie the last :. function of state he will observe. The ; next day he will take his hat off the i hit-rack for god, and say good-bye. f Cleveland .has had a good time in the White House, No President has ever . enjoyed life more than he with his fam j ily, and from all accounts he will lmve Hust as pleasant a time at his home in Princeton. He ha arrived at that time of life when he doe not need to worry almut anything. He haa ample for tune, a loving and lovely family, all the honors that can be gotten in life, and a future that will give him much time in which to fish and hunt. Cleve land is a lucky man. The two weeks which Speaker Reed and the other Republican leaders of the House say is time enough for talk on the new tariff bill seem short, and yet intelligent discussion can do much in that time. The tariff is an old ques tion, and it is pretty well understood in its chief features by mauy Democratic as well as Republican Congressmen. Speed is an important consideration in the treatment of the tariff bill. It should le put on the statute Imok at the earliest practicable moment, in or der to allow the industries affected by it to adjust themselves to it as much as jiosM'i.le. MiK-hof the talk on great measures in Congress is irrelevant, and is thus olistructive in effect even when not iutentionally so. The speeches on the present ttccasioii should all l short and pointed. Unhappily, though this requirement can lie enforc ed in a reasonable degree in the House, it can easily lie disregarded by the Sen ate. The lioard of County Auditors com pleted their laliors last Thursday morn ing, when they signed their report and placed it on file in the Prothonotary's oi'ioe. The most significant feature of the report is the concluding para graphs in which County Commissioner S. U. Sholierls surcharged $.Ti2.115-C; County Commissioner Harnett is sur charged $.4S.14 l-f, and County Com mi --loner Hay is surcharged f2sc..0t;J The surcharging Is the result of coun ty order which a majority of the boar held were improperly drawn and paid The Auditors add a foot-note to thei report in which they say that the sum of fltil has lieen paid into the Commis sioners' office which remains unac counted for. The total receipts of the county, a will lie seen by the report for the year, were $:",0i0.:5!i, and the total expend i tures were $flO,7-K.i. The indebted ness of the county is ?21,fto3.!-rf while the outstanding taxes due the county amount to ?21,us;.:. In a foot-note the Commissioners say that the amoun of taxes due the county will lie greatly reduced by reason of commissions, ex- oneratious, relates, etc. How much tliis reduction will amount to they d not undertake to say, but it will prolia bly retail i,fX The expenditures of the county hav grown to an alarming extent during the year just c'oscd, amounting in the aggregate to s;une JHS.OOO in excess o! those for the year lstc,. T!ie present board of Commissioners N confronted with an empty treasury and outstanding orders amounting to ahno-t flHW remaining unpaid. The Cosing of Setter Timet. From the H:utimorv Amciican. ice-rresi.lent-elect Holiart. in a very leiiKthy interview with Frank Carpenter, said that times "are undoubtedly im proving," and when asked if he though the iiuiirovement wouhl continue he added. "Tbink si without a doubt With the inauguration of s new tarilf law, which ill Ije passed, and with th making of the duties on goods specific and not ad valorem, the times will grow much better, and I believe we are abou ti enter upon an era of great prosperity. A week ago The American, upon d rect personal information from the lead ers of the new administration and fron the most important ineii in trade am manufacturing, predicted the new pros perity. It is surely coming. It will lie slow this month, perhaps, but the spring will see the advance, and there will lie very lively evidences of it just as soon as the new administration gets into power. Already the sijjns are unmistakable. Ac cording to Pun's Review a paper that dies not exaggerate January was month "of real gain." In giving lasi week's record it said: "Ten ironworks have started up, and only two have stop pel ; thirteen woolen mills have started, and nine more are about ready to start, while three have stopped. Similar things are seen in other industries." The vol lime of liusiness shown by clearing-house exchanges is s.ij per cent, larger than last year. The wise men are gettinu ready f these g'viil times, for money is to he made and the country is to lie blessed. Caay Leader Has no Opposition for Senator Fenrcse'f Place. rniLAliKLriiXA. Feb. 4. A Republican convention was held in the Otli state sen atorial district in this city to-dav to nomi nate a candidate to succeed IJoies Pen rose who was recently elected a United States senator. Kx-Magistrate D.irham, a prominent leader of the ttiay faction ol the party, was the only candidate named and he was unanimously nominated. Sr. Eothrock's Heavy Lou. II ARRisnt mi, Feb. 7. Ir. J. T. lUith roek, the head of the Forestry Commis sion, was the severest sufferer from the Capitol :"; re. He has spent his life gath ering data aliout the forests, taking the temperature in different parts of the State, noting the depth and volume of water in streams before and after the timber was removed, the causes of floods, securing photographs of womled country and the denuded sections swept by one of the terrible fires that do so much dam ac annually, valuable slides showing forest conditions and the work of confla gration, which were used for stereoptiin views in his lectures. All this material is gone, destroyed by the lire, and the worst is it can never lie replaced, and it ran not be measured by money. I'.iit the iKietor is accustomed to fire and its w ork of havoc. If he could only lieat into the heads of legislators the ne cessity of strict legal precautions to pre vent the yearly destruction of what few trees remain on the mountains in the State he would view his loss with more complacency. Another attempt will lie made to pass a forestry bill this winter. The trouble in the past has lieen to prepare a meas ure that wouhl lie acceptable to the peo ple living in the rough and cultivated sections of the State. The law must be general in character, and the employ ment of fire wardens is resented as a use- ess expense by farmers who own a wwxllsnd thnt furnishes a pieuic ground for lli" neighlioring Sunday schools. Something must 1 done to slop the for est tires. Dog Made Happy With a Cork leg. t'H!CAio, 111., Feb. 8. By means of a skillful surgical operation a valuable fox terrier, owned by C. Raymond, has had an artificial leg construct ed of cork. Sev eral mouths ago the dog was run over by a wagon, and a veterinary surgeon ampu tated the left leg at the second joint. When it was taken to the shop of the ar tificial limb man and its new foot tried on for the first time the sagacious animal displayed all the symptoms of joy and uses the cork leg as well as the others. Wants a Bonnty For Triplets, Washixoto:, P. C Feb. 8. A happy father in Stillwater, Minn., has written to the Treasury Iiepartment asking if there is a fund from which bounties are paid for triplets. The department baa replied that it has 110 knowledge of any pmvUion of law aut.bori.7ing payments on such g;ound. Ta Returns Sot Ail la. From the Harrisburg Telegraph. The returns are not all in, but it is un derstood that there is not a town of five hundred imputation in the State that does not think it is just the place for the Sute Capitol. Let the populace rest easy ; the capitol will not be removed from Ilarria burg. It would be supreme folly even to discuss the matter seriously. The State owns in Harrisburg three department buildings on a beautiful site, and an Exe cutive Mausion on the river front. They could not be duplicated in another city for millions of dollars. It is not to le supposed that the State is going to throw away all this property. That there will lie great agitation for the removal of the t:nitol iroea without saving. Some citiee in the State have already taken action, and they will aend lobbyists to Harris burg to influence the legislature, lsit they may as well spare themselves the trouble. It is stated to-day that a Phila delphia Senator is preparing a bill to sub mit the question of removing the Capitol to Philadelphia to a vote of the people of the Stale, and that ho will introduce it at the meeting of the Senate next Monday night. Wo do not think that the people of the State would vite to remove the Capitol to Philadelphia, but the very fact that such a bill is to be introduced show the feeling in some quarters. One of the sad things of the fire at the Capitol is the number of poor old women who were thrown out of work, and who will have to get along through the bal ance of the winter aa best they can. There were about two hundred and fifty of them, and they earned fifty cents a night scrubbing and cleaning the halls of the Senate and House and the committee rooms. Many depended on the little money they earned to keep them through the year, and they were almost heart broken as they stocd and looked at the preat buildinsr croine hd in smoke, ue woman that Gossip knows, an old sol dier's wilow, was fortunate enough to get work every night, and made three dol lars a week. On the money she made during the five months of the meeting of the legislature she managed to keep her self until the legislature again ineL She has nothing now, and how she will liye is a problem. Some of them, of course. will have work, Imt very lew, and a great many will have to look elsewhere for means to tide them over the session. Th re weresome funny things at the fire yesterday. One member of the House, very much excited and desirous of saving something, picked up one of the nickel-plated cuspidors and cavorted wildly to the door. He hurried out into the storm, and dejiosited his precious burden in the arms of a park policeman. Then he went back and rummaged through his desk and selected a box of pens which he carefully put in his pockftt leaving his pencils and valuable papers in the desk. They were all burned. In the Senate oue of tho clerks rescued all his valuable papers and then went back and carried out a chair, asked what he was going to do with the chair, he said that the Senate would have to meet some where, and when it did he wanted some thing to sit on. Senator Oobin made the last motion in the Senate, and Senator Grady put it and declared it carried. The water was streaming down 011 the Senators, and the hands o' the clock pointed to 1 o'clock. President pro tern. McCarrell was up in h is room fighting the fire. It was a criti cal moment. There was no one to call the Senate to order. Senator Grady mou uted the Speaker's stand and called the Senate to order, banging the gavel while sparks dropped from the ceiling. Senator Gobiu moved to adjourn, anil in a twinkle the motion was put, and the Senators started for the doors. But it was all done with great dignity, and in order. Will Count the Vote. To-day tioth houses of congress will go through the form of counting and declar ing the vote which will make William McKinley of Ohio the next president of the United States and Garret A. Hobart of New Jersey vice president. State ments as to probable protests and inter ruptions are regarded most unlikely of development. Pursuant to the law of 1SS7 the senate and house of representatives will meet in joint convention in the hall of the house of representatives at 1 o'clock p. m. and under a form of proceedings prescribed by that law the certificates sent from the several states will le opened, the votes east by the electors for president and vice-president will lie counted and the result will be declared by the vice presi dent of the United States. This declara tion will lie the only official notification which Major McKinley and Holiart will receive "f the high offices conferred upon them. They will take official cognizance of the facts without requiring a "commu nication in writing." An Old Settler. When the rheumatism first pre-empts certain tracts of your anatomy it may be ousted easily, but when it liecouies an old settler it is pretty hard to budge. Rememlier this when you experience the first twinges of this olistinate and agonizing disease, and attack it with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It will then "make tracks," and possibly leave you unmolested and in peaceable posses sion of your owu comfort in the future. Perils always attend rheumatism, if it liecome chronic, on account of its tenden cy to attack the heart. Usually it is com plicated with kidney trouble. Certain it is that the kidneys, when aroused by the Bitters, will eliminate impurities which give rise to rheumatism and dropsy. In inclement or wet conditions of the weatb er, the Bitters, taken in advance, will of ten avert rheumatic trouble. Use this genial family medicine for dyspepsia. biliousness, headache and constipation. In Defense of His Mother. HtxTlxonox, Pa., Fell. 5. Henry Meckbaugh was fatally shot this morn ing by his eldest sou, Henry, Jr., who defended his mother from his father's abuse. The elder Meckbaugh had been on a protracted spree and through the night the wife and children were terrifi ed by his ravings and threats. This morning, it is wtid, he attacked bis wife with a butcher knife, when the son inter- lereu. me crazed lamer turned upon the lioy, who, in self-defense, fired tw ice at his parent, one bullet entering the right shoulder and the other the lung. The son gave himself up and is now in jail. The wounded man can hardly re cover, A Noted Character Sent to JaiL Grbkn-sih ru, Pa., February 0. Aust in Kuter, the first to lie captured of the celebrated eleven brothers of that name who are charged with pilfering and rob bing the people of the Ligonier Valley, j was convicted in the Criminal Court here this evening of stealing bog. Only four of the brothers have been arrested, but true bnls have been found agaiust nearly all of them by the grand jury. Enormous Obligations of th Blair County Court. Private investigation of tha Blair coun ty accounts has shown that the amount already paid the Barring A McSweeney I Detective Agency on the Bonnecka mur der case reaches the sum of JSi2.7ii6.2u. Calculating the commonwealth's ex penses on the trials of Frank Wilson and James LarrelL the convicted murderers. the amount expended will reach the enor mous sum of rw.OOO. From present in dications both the convicted murderers may get a new trial, which may even double the sum. Pure blood and a good digwtion are an insurance agaiust disease and suffering. Bordoa P.lood Bitters keeps the blood pur 4ji digestion tier feet. Invalid Divorota. The supreme court of the United State may ultimately be called upon to declare uorux-rniug the validity of thedivorces tha have lieen ground out by the Judicial mills in the Dakota and Oklahoma, and should that august tribunal decide that the divorcee heretofore Issued from the mills In question are invalid and of no legal effect, there will lie such an aggre gation of domestic shakings-up as proba lilv no country lu the world has ever witnessed. 1 Women who now regard themselves as wives will realize that they have been living for a greater or lesser period under conditions not sanctioned by the law ; husliands will find themselves in the name predicament, while the number of children who will thus be branded with the stamp of illegitimacy cannot be esti mated. The decision of Justice Russell, of the UDited Slates supreme court, in the now famous McGowan case, in which he holds that neither the wife nor hus band can acquire tcuqiorary residence In a foreign state for the purpose of secur ing a divorce, has, in the opinion of emi nent lawyers, laid the groundwork for the overthrow of tho entire lake divorce system. The case is now pending in the New York court of appeals, Imt whatever may be the decision here, it has been definite ly arraugod that the matter shall be car ried up to the L nitod States supreme court for a definite and final adjudication of the questions involved. To this end it is stated that five husbands who have ! been victims of Dakota decrees have sub scrilied f 10,000 each to a fund for taking the appeal to the supreme court. Of the syndicate two reside in New York, one in Boston, oue in Philadelphia and one in Chicago. Bey. Abbott and Jonah, New York, Feb. 3. This Is a part of a statement made to-day by Rev. Dr. Ly man Abliott, orl'Iyuioulh Church, 111 re sponse to recent criticism on his lectures on 'The Bible I jterature," 'There is noth ing any more irevereut in tbeopinion that the Book of Jonah is a satirical fiction, an opiuion that has long been entertain- ed by eminent scholars in the church. than in the opinion that the parable of the trees in the Book of Judges is a satire on the political method of the men of Shechen, or the opinion that the story of the Good Samaritan or the Prodigal Son is a fiction. "I have no doubt that the general ef fect of the discussion will not only cause the Bible to lie more read and better un derstood than liefore, but will also cause the truths contained in the Biblo to lie more revered and honored. While I had some letters of criticism and protest I have bad none which indicates either that the writer himself has had his faith weakened, or that he knows anyone whose faith has been weakened by thes6 sermons. "I think the counsel given by Dr. John Watson (Ian MacLareu) to the students at Yale is wise counsel : 'Ministers might very well copy the etiquette of the medi cal profession, which is distinguished by the respect its members show to one another. No minister should criticise a minister in public' "I have every reason to believe that Plymouth Church is an absolute unit in supporting its pastor." HAPPINESS FOE TH0USA5DS. The Eemsrkable Offer of a Great Newspaper to Everybody, Old and Tonng. The Philadelphia Press, in accordance with its policy of always keeping abreast of the times, announces a departure which is certain to attract widespread at tention by reason of its novelty and to bring happiness to thousands. It is the establishment of a premium department through which men and women, boys and girls, schools, churches, clubs and societies can get, free of cost, the thir.gs they have been wanting for years, but have been unable to buy. The range of gifts the The Philadelphia Press proposes to give free to those who will make a little effort is so great that it embraces al most everything, useful and ornamental, which everybody can wish for. The pro ject even includes the payment by The Press of the expenses of a course in any college or university for any number of j ambitious young men and women. The whole plan is described in The Philadel phia Press Premium List, which can be obtained free from any agent for The Press or will lie sent by mail to any per son ho will send two two-cent stamps to The Pre Premium Department, Phila delphia. Col. Jaek Under Arrest. IIoLl.inATsnt-Rd, Pa., Feb. 5. War rants of arrest were issued against Col, William Jack and A. K. Morrow, surviv ing partners in the defunct hank of 1 Jard ner. Morrow t Co., for the emliezzteineut orI0,000. It is alleged the accused re ceived money on deposit when they knew the institution to be insolvent. The pros ecutors are John Vinond and Lvnn Brua, depositors. Friends of Col. J ack furnished fi.ooi) Imil for his release. The warrant was not served on Mr. Morrow, owing to bis illness. Both claim they were ignorant of the bank's insolvency up until the day of failure. Col. Jack, who was the president of three other banks totaled in Williamsburg, Martins- burg aud Ilolhdaysburg, savs that he had not been inside the wrecked bank for several years. The mystery surrounding the dyna miting of the liank on Monday morning last remains unsolved. The Hollidays- burg Councils have offered $ Mto reward for the arrest of the person who threw the bomb. Xust Hang for Bobbery. Charlotte, X. C, Feb. ft. Monroe Johnson, the condemned negro burglar. now in jail in this city awaiting execu tion, will undoubtedly be hanged next Friday. Xorth Carolina is one of the few States in which burglary is a capital crime, and there has been a disposition in recent years on the part of the Governor to commute the sentences of such criminals to life imprisonment at hard labor. But Governor Russell declines to in terfere in the matter, and say that long as the law is on the statute books it will be enforced. The Only One To Stand the Test. Rev. William Onpp, whose father was a physician' for over fifty years. 111 ev Jersey, and who himself lent many years preparing for the practice of medicine, but subse quently entered the ministry of the JL i Church, writes: "I am glad to testify that I have had analyzed all tha aarsaparilla prepara tions known in the trade, but AYER'S is the only one of them that I could recommend as a blood-purifier.! have Riven away hundreds of bottles of it, as I consider it the safest as well ts the liest to be had." Wat Corr, Pastor M. E. Church, J;ickson. Minn. THE OIHT WOELS'8 TATJt rlrgarsaparilla When in doubt, ask f or Ayer'a Pills Foot Blood "When a horse is poor in f&sh, a new harness won't give him strength. If a heuse is cold new furniture won't warm it. If your strength is easily ex hausted; work a burden; nerves weak; digestion poor; muscles soft; if you are pale and worn out, the trouble is with the blood. It is not so much IMPURE blood as POOR blood. Pills won't make this blood rich ; nor will bitters, nor iron tonics, any more than a new harness will give strength to the horse, or new furniture will make a house warm. For poor b'ood you want something that will make rich blood. SCOTT'S EMULSION of Cod-livrr Oil with Hypophos phites is the best remedy in the world for enriching the blood. Ve have prepared a book teSing you more about the subject. Sent Free. For sak by all druggists at 50c &$ 1.00. SCOTT & BOWSE. Nrw York. n Eodo Off With Captives. Guthrie, O. T., Feb. 5. The battle re ported to have taken place at the Sac and Foil agency yesterday, in which four per sons were killed, is ascertained to have occurred at Stroude, in the eastern part of Lincoln county. Two weeks ago while quarreling over some land James Griths was shot and nearly killed and bis father slightly wounded by Henry Lust in. Lustin was arrested, but admitted to bail Wednesday. Old man Grillis and three of bis sons, accompanied by four other men, rode into Stroiiilo and compelled everybody to close their stores and hide, saying there was going- to be a battle. Several hours later as Henry Lustin, his son, Kverett, James Furber aud a man named Itobinson were entering the towu they were ambuscaded and compelled to surrender by the other crowd, who bound them to horses and rode off Into the Creek country with them. Later they released Fnrber, who returned and said they had declared they would hang old man Lustin and shoot his son and Kobin- son. A posse was organized at Chand ler yesterday Ui go to the rescue of the three men carried off, but there is little hope of reaching them in the wood and mountains. A message from Stroude late last evening says that a report has reached there thai Henry Lustin and Robinson have been found doad hanging to trees and their bodies riddled with bullets. Future Meeting Flaee. Grace Methodist Episcopal church has been selected as the future meeting place of both branches of the general assembly r.ir tne rest or the session, and men are putting in steam healing and electric lighting apparatus, and arrangements have been made for the construction of desks for the members in this temporary Capitol building. Twenty -seven years ago, while the Grace church was build ing, a number of quicksands were di.s covered and the couktruction of the foun dations was delayed. The members of the church had no place to worship on Sundays and the state authorities grant ed them the use of the ball of the House of Representatives. They never forgot the privileges they were accordcl, and when fire bad devastated their former temporary house of worship and left the legislators homeless, the lirst thought of the older memliers of the flock waa to re pay the act of kindness of over a quarter of a century ago by giving up their church to the use of the legislature for the next four or five months. Tour to California via Pennsylvania Sail- road. The next California tour of the Penu sylvauia Railroad will leave Xew York and Philadelphia by special train of Pull man palace cars February "4, visiting the great Mammoth Cave and stopping at Xew Orleans during the Mardi Gras Car nival. Four weeks will be allowed on the Pacific Coast, and two days will be spent on the return trip at Colorado Springs and the Garden of the Gods, Stops will also be made at Salt Lake City, Deliver, and Omaha. This is one of the most delightful aud complete tours ever planned. Tickets, including railroad transporta tion, Pullman accommodations (one double berth,) meals rii routs, carriage drives, ami hotel accommodations going and return, and transportation in Cali oruia, will lie sold at rate of f (30 from all stations on the I'ounsylvania Railroad System eat of Pltuburg. Apply to ticket agents. Tourist Agent, l!Ki Broad way, Xew York, or Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadel phia. Tho President's Secretary. Cl.tVKl.ASn, Feb. 5 John Addison Porter, editor of the Hartford "Post." who will be President-elect McKinley's private secretary, said In response to a direct que-itlon, that ho bad been tender ed the position and bad accepted iu I prefer that all information regard ing the appointment come from the other end of the line," said Mr. Porter, "but it is a fact that Maj. McKinley has asked me to accept the place, and I have told him I would take it. The tender was made when I was in Canton yesterday." Mr. 1 orter organized the first McKin ley club in the United States in 1801, im mediately after Maj. McKinley had been elected governor ot Ohio. From that time up to the St. Louis convention he waa iu charge of the McKinley interests in Connecticut. To Florida via Pennsylvania Bailroad. The midwinter exodus has begun. The discomforts and dangers of wet winter weather are here, but to Ihe southward. from a cloudless sky, beams a beautiful,' utiiuiy touV ka ill II. M . sun upon a blooming land. The nest Pennsylvania Railroad to Jacksonville, allowing two week Florida, will leave 3ew York aud Phila- , delphia February 0. Kxeursion tickets, including railway transportation, Pullman accommodations (one berth), and meals cm route in both directions while traveling on thespecla' train, will be sold at the following rat Xew York, $00,00; Philadelphia, M-l'n- Canandaigua, ?iiK5 ; Erie, $TAXi ; Pitts burg, f.VS.00, and at proportmnatoAai,-, from other points. For tickets, itineraries, and otf,Pr jn. formation apply to ticket agents, 'fouri'st Agent at lliKS Broadway, Xew Yo-k or to Geo. . Boyd, Assistant General Passen ger Agent, Broad Street Station, Phila delphia. Ball Fighting It Expenitvt, AsuiNtiTox, D. C, Feh; 3.-Coiiul General Bo wen, at Barcelona, in a report to the State Department, stales that in the latest bull fighting season, from April to October last, there were 478 bull fights iu Spain, and 1218 bulls, valued at 8.100.000. and 57. horses, valued at ftJOO.OOO. were killed during the exhibitions. Ttie num ber of matadores was 23, and for their services they received upwards of ftia.. 000. To EemoM the Cajitol. i Senator Thomas will ittroduee a bill In the legislature next wek to su limit to the voters of the comAion wealth th question of removing thJcapital to Phil- wdelphia. When the pe.leet a chance ! i . ni.i inpfiiion, iae (Jiak .r Citv will u..a .a.t, wuais ainan put 0f ti,e sUle (t fennsyivania she is. Affoeting All Conaty Taxes. IlAliHiiirR, Pa., Feb. .1 A meeting of the Executive Committee of the State Association of County Coinmlsnioncr was held here to-day. The committee is considering the bill drawn up by Mr. C- ray, of Luzerne, limiting the county tax to three mills iu all the counties of the State. This was not regarded with much favor, as it would plunge some of he counties into debt, as the county tax rate now varies from I to 7 mills. NXUAL STATEMENT OF RE- eeipta "and expenditures of the Commissioners of Somerset County for the fiscal year ending Jan uary 2, Vi'Jl. ELMER E. PL'OH, Esq., Treasurer of Somerset County. Pa., iu account with the County of Somerset. Receipt. Dr. Taxm iwrlved from Collectors of State, County anil IXig Itntc for the years ImI, !Mi2, lfWl, I'!. 1HJ anil I'tHtricls. Yr. Co. Nortluiiiiiitinl)l -' m f 1'iitiil ; Mi J. iin. nown UurlMC! A to Unci 11 7 to NurtlmuipUiu... " lit A.liliwin Ittt liliirlt - 21 01 Slate. liojf. 4 tO . X! Ill 11 72 UU V7 1 U) 7 04 7 M 71 ta A :w iki 1 11 5 "4 l IIS S7 'Si 3 2 Jeuncrtoun lior " 41 .l .Northampton.. " 61 t Ogle I l) fvmienu-l . 1 10 JU Mtonvrivek " Summit 137 IV Ail.llwm IWl 111 it) ItouiKiu Uir Hi 7 lintncri.valli-y i ;t7 CmuM-liiian Uor. 10 :vl Km Lie : " 21 51 Ka:rluiie 3 W LTurk.yf.iot Vi 71 N liHlltiniirelkir W 51 Northampton " :ii Orfle. " 7 0U Faint , - Hliade " ft'i m Somerset lfeir.... " 12! K3 Wcll rst.urgHor Addison lsa'i 212 70 Allegheny 171 4.i lieliMiu lVir I" a lU-rlin Bur l-"7 " lilack " 2W lii Urotli.-rvi.llry. H-'l ii OuMcltiwn lt.r W Coiitlue icelir. M 31 Klk lack lino IM Kulrh.H- ii 01 Greenville . " I'd 'ii Jefferson " 4i OT Jcntiertown ltor 44 -i M Jeniier ... im V3 1-irliiicr. 37 01 Lincoln . " 1 LTurkcyfoot.... - V-tW Mi-yerxdiile Uor 4OT It Mid.li.vn-ek 14'J t7 Miiford " 71 N liaitiiiiorcllor " !H Hi N Cent rev I'elior Hi 7. Northampton ... 134 75 njlc ss III 1-Hint " l:ii lin-mrli.ml!iif Sit W Ituckwood Hor Hi si HHllbury Uor... " 27K Oil .V) 00 it 75 5 25 3 IW In 41 27 K an ri k 05 42 35 3 00 22 03 27 ii ti On 307 Hi U 57 37 Vi ; ol j 7S 7.i n 11 ui 11 u I 20 24 d7 l5 74 1 4 ol 11 HT, .III 00 31 IM 44 lii 2ij 55 1 l M 11 11 34 l'l M s m 152 N i 61 11 25 M 1 2) v 3 1 2 Vt U 41 II ill 53 6H 111 :) l.i ;1 1 W 40 IK 2 00 42 1 ! 57 U0 1 Hi :w ho in 5 70 17 tl 4 10 SSIiiid.-. " act 4 MoiucrnVld Hnr H W Soim-Pft Uor ) Somerset " so ) Houthampton IM 7i Stonvcreek .'ii 1 12 V ntm-extowu Uor 3 It J 3J Summit '.i ill 14 ll UTurkPvroot.-. " - l i-' I'l-Miiit lior , 7'J Wllcn.l.urKltnr I 7i i Addison ,...f loltf t M AIUt(lieiiv....., Hi Ml aUV Helium llor It i Ucrlui Uor . H Ml 77 21- 21 iilitl'k " 3ir.' ro 33 IM lirollK TbTHll. v. 3Hi ! 7-i t CawH-liitaii lior.. " 11 77 K7 Coiieuuiutch " 2"M 111 W- i ouflucMi.-li.ir. " ' w SI I Klk Uck " l!i is 21 KiiI.-Ii.h. l.Vi c "1 (irwnville 44 4li i HoHvcmvIV Uor 44 131 : 12 i Jem-raoi) 44 1014 M lui 47 J. nm-rtowu Bor 44 Sci 7ii it 4H Jenner " 21iii 57 Sin 10 La rimer 44 ai iti i .'.2 Lincoln 44 liUi fi is L Turkevfoot.... 44 S 37 7 M Mcventdale Bor. 44 1-lil 07 ITiHO Mlddlecreek 44 I4 rtH llu It Miiford 44 l(s lis flu N LuitiiiiorfHor 44 VI 20 I 41 N (VntrrvlVUur 44 3 -tt W Nnrthampton 44 2M ml .V) Oil ihjle 44 ir Taint 44 ll'lti 17 319 Tl (juemalioninir.. 44 1322 77 1) 01 Hockwood Hor 44 H2 73 iU SallKliury Uor... 44 ;'i tl Mo i) Sliade .' 44 1112 17 4rt M Soinertli-M lior. 44 111 lui 12 i fouiernet Bor.. 44 22HI V 13 l Somerset 44 251 21 3S Houthuinptoil 44 2!i Stonvcreek 44 147 77 2-iO 07 Stoyextown Uor 44 22s 01 Ki :t Summit . 44 21-, W2 421 0o lr Tlirkrvfoot. . 44 13W -JH llfl IK I'mma Bor 44 INM 02 31 2 WclIeretiureUor " bil 32 25 IS SI no & Jl i 2U 2 O1! 31 Ui 4 HI 5 7t 31 mi 45 UO 21 ki X' to 25 00 1 li X, 12 IM .) (i 20 UU 4 00 74 40 3 ul l'.W U0 4U 30 AO IO 10 45 40 to 45 ll : 10 l'5 50 51 uu 4 .'i CO .V lai 10 U0 Kl 55 4 00 20 m litt III 21 UO 5M Oil Nl Ol W! tO 5 IU 7 ul Total bin ree d Total Stale J:ix brouKlit over. Total Iiok Tax tirotiifht over, liraud total from Col l:t' S ViXU 10 t 5t) I 2IU2 n7 73'1 M 2112 7 $ Mm vi Iedifer. Iir: vli: I 5rVi3 53 Com in iwioner' Borrowed money, l'riax-ed. Com. mtsiiioiierk'hiiiliv I'nkt-aU-d Ijtmla. Ketleiiiptton. ete Slute lVrvkinal Tax returned l.i 44 1 Llivnxe fi rollei-'dji1 Trea. com Balance unseated land taxea, 17l 75 at 12 32 tiJ2 75 7i .VI 2i7 54 Total reccljiu, lwH $ ;ri Expenditures. Cr. By amounts paid on ord.-rs, a follows : Scalp. $ Itccordit J u n in pay.- Jail ptiyftictan ...... Urldue n iir Viewer' pay New tirtdici . Aaieworx' pay.... ......... Slieritrii bill . , Kirc luniiraiica. . Uver-puid taxes Attorney's fees . Money paid Stat Ktectiim exprni-an ,, Auditor public ai-iiinlH Wrutern ienitentiary Miners medical Hllcn. lance Coiiiiiionweiillh ciwita.. Computation court New Tmtlionotarv vault. ... County ttwheRt' institute County Auditors' pay Count T Auditor' clerk Addition to Jail huildine Kit I. Kxpciiscs County Home .. Moldlers burial expenses li no 4-4i :n :i ti2 lot 2", 3tl 01 421 li ."r. ai :njo ii 1 KKI til ii tl S2I 77 :tK. no Km I 1:2 :tvt (; Is to 1221 07 7 7 i 32i 7 75 IO 2oi HO JO tal 312 :l 27 :i I kit 0.1 7 li WJ I'M III 212 2S luo Ol II l!ti l" 4 Vi Ul 127H Ml 113 iti llaai K2 Ki 712 ."0 t'TO IM I2 !i :rr 5i 2i! 411 t 25 1!0I 72 liO 43 County Agricultural rvK-iity ..,.,. Jury Coiumtssioners Coiiimli.oiiers' clerk Sheep damages liisiil dumaKcs Kctfistcr and Ifcirordcr's U-r l'nil honota ry 's fees Iiixtrict Attorney's fees tiiti.tabie?4' ret u rns Court stvtiogniplipr Court crier and lip-Oaves l.liilil. lueliaiid water . Court Him- and Jail expenses stationery, ooks liotam.... Mainteiutuif Morgan za .1"' T llarrisliiiri.... liixinont . Wenicriivlllc liuntniL'ilon . Court Houtnd Jail repairs Jiimtors, Ciiiiit Mouse and Jail... A I'rinting andadvertiin J 4 Jurors' inmlsand lodi;uif...f W U K7 :i2 75 22"wt IM 21H Sll 121'al ivi ha I. ulumlina.i.rt l ; ir. .ii.i h.iMiA.i ........... r 2lrJ 57 I 'oniniis.oneN' ,'"7 'J ' rns.-at.-d land v' t5llK n!H1' 2 57 24!i ft 1 Iti fill lr! Coiuiulssione f,. mia'rR-rmeiV"': Tilt ril HI0 10 44 Hay Total anioi. "'"Jr nt paid on orders . i i V- "Mumission (2 p,-i Tn-asi -.f7!MW 21 on c. r cent) ti..t .... :inty orders Iii9 3d ic treasurer on 1." I r.w.. r.. .1... '".as unMstt.il lands from iudi- -all. 1 1 1 1 u mi...... . ... . 90 59 ..... iiwun'ia IM-llie- 14. due liMunn..' i.'iV.Vl""i."-V.-."-'i!" 9,nw) 18 717 W Total expenditure ls!3.... . SiO.718 ai F.AMCrAI' fVHITIOX OF SOM KlWhrr COL'NTY. LIABILITIES: Clirn.ni ln.l..l..Vl.r"'""""":; W W nontlcO lnileritlnAaa m .w ) I . - uwMHrH, uuLsanuing or- n,cw;. 17.i3 9.. iTotal Indebtedness of the county.. ASSETS.- .421.avi as uuistanuiug taxes due county 121,0! ci SOMERSET C O VSTI', UVllunnrfnibl.... r. . . - . . .... ....uv,.,,,,,,, commissioners or tlie Coiiniyofsmen...i,doc.rllfy tmt the fore. ..... -io.l.rxiiiiiiis a I ni-ami nivurate nc IC. J' l1 r"e'l"1 expenditures of the SZv I '''nt car eudlllg jull. .XOTK The amount of State County and Dot; taxes set forth abov Includ.s colle.-u.rs' coiiim """"rao"-,retiat.-s. c , wliicli will .i Ii taxes uue luecountr to i .EO. F. K1MMKL, 111 HIM LM a . . s Attest J, U. Emert, Clerk. U A. KKKTCHMAV County Coinuilssioiiers. Dr. Sadler ia Florida Until Karen 5th. 1 lie doctor takes his rai-ii,.n i .i... t , ;.i .i ........ tier t-oimiucro i lie worst Bnasnn or 1 1. and eonsenueutl.v the least iotnvenienee to nm patient, tie wm put in bis time at ML Intra, Kla.. where he has mm,.i-. atere orange grove, and where hit taiuiiy rettiue inoat or the var nn cuti in in me nitien netter hna th i Sadler enjoys there. That section is the inquest in tne e-tate. very rolling, lim- iw'wi sun lonir I ear tonA miarv..Ah.i with palmetto and deciduous trees In ravines and ion IT creeks anil ....,.1 springs and lakes, taboa with ,.i aaii.ty isuioms ami pure water, and so l i . iirai, urTtverlBa,,.t0Jf1,r livin nZ tuM-K., intersperse! as to give the name would lie tf hMllk.ll 'V ".47 ""'r. nen you want to vis it Honda don't forget Ijike etsintv. When your eyes or ears remind you of llr Sad dler .reineinlier his return, March 5th. The time to get elioiee thine in when they first come" out thifa now -for some things New Silks, New Wash Goods, they're ready and being sold nii plea sent if you write for them we want you to do ho we'll eteeni it a privilege to place samples and prices in your liantl.t for consideration. New Wash Silks 'S., STi, 4Dc a yard, including beautiful Cryntal Corded Va.sh Silks in handsome colorings. New Foulard and India Silks le fclgnetl ami produced by the most hkill ful Fn-nch Artists, .rjik, 7"c, f 1.0(1 a yard. Choicest Wash (Jotslsever prinluccd are shown this season : Irish Dimities, 20c, 2-"c. American Dimities, 10c, 121 c. French Organdies and Organdie Ilaye, 2oc, o0c, 3-jC, Madras (jinghams, Novelties and FineShirting- made in Scotland by D. fc J. Anderson, 3oc, 4iK', 41c. All Wool French Challis, 2"c, VK: Silk StriiteChallis, 00t4, 0c. New White GikmIs, 5c to $l.'Z. Large lines of choice American Wash Good, oc, 'Jc, 8c, 10c, 12-1 c. Some remarkable surplus lots of all wool Dress (JojxIs at 23c and 50c a yard those at 25c are 40 inches wide some at the half dollar price were $1.25 none less than 75e see what extraor dinary values these are. Any other goods you're interested in write abouL BOGGS & BUHL, Allegheny, Pa. Jos. Home & Co. A----A Beginning Saturday, Feb. l::th shall hold a Special Sate of Men's Collars, Cuffs and Shirts. COLLARS AND CUFFS tnadu from the very lt 2100 count linen (nothing else in them). Collars, Eleven Cents bach ; One Dollar and a Quarter a Dozen. Cuffs, Fifteen Cents a Pair; Ona Dollar and Seventy-fl e Cents a Dozen Pairs. As good as any you ever paid 2".c piece for. urnLAumutritu &hihis. liiese made esjiecially for us, and in are two styles, open front and back, and open back. They are made of New York III Mills' Muslin, with 3-ply linen set in bosom, 3-ply wrist bands, 4-ply neck bands, reinforced bosom, patent sleeve and hack facings, extra ftrong bkirt gusset, patent barred button holes and felted seams. The price during this sale is Fifty Cents Each. Will wear as well as any costing $1.50. r-peeial attention will be given mail ortbrs during the sale of these goods. The orders will le filed as received, but no orders will lie tilled until Feb. 13. PENN AVE. & FIFTH ST., PITTSBURG, PA. 3C GO 1 GET AN S KDCCATTON and S fortUMtf Xt tMthl 111 EDUCATION SS 5 li mi I. i, i m, f. -uihm at lh.. fn iral tlalt- Xaraml niirUMT :iu;m:autiai.Ei;tiMu """"I. Lark " f'faV HOUSEKEEPERS IN WANT OF FURNITURE,1 LOOK AT THESE PRICES. A Bsdroom Set for S13 A Coucn ior - jx jjoungo for A Rocking Chair for 50 eta. Cupboards, Tabic-, IJeiWcad-, Cliairt, d, at pro,rtil:4.,. ,,ril. nee rue. We are in line for 'J with the mont complete and uii-tiwiat nlacetl ui-n the market and prepared lo show the trad.- a !:.r - f a .a....t.. ft n a .till an.Mliliril i liritul.r ilr 1.. t ' " ? 'it . ami original upsi'" Tables and Dining Chairs, Milfixwrus, i iiiUitiier, 1: , Couches, wardrolie, etc. (;om1 tiuality, low prices. Yon C. H. Coffroth, 606 M?n Cross Street, SOMERSET, ? 1847. D0N'T 3 PHARMACY. Where j-ou can find the choicest line of Hoi: 'v Gifts presented to you and prices to suit the r.-rur. ;cr. Fine Dres5in Ca5C5, Glove and Handkerchief Boxes, Cuff and Collar Boxes, Gent Traveling: Crises. Shaving riugs and Brushes, Bon-bon Boxes, &c we jrfr-Public Station fur Tyx-al and Dins Di.L'ince Telephone entum-.n:;.-!:;. poiuta iu the L'uitel States. 'k G. W. BENFORD, MANAGER, SOMERSET. FA, EVERY DAY Brings Somethino; iew A Riding or Walking Spring Tooth I hrrc-w. lo N"o drairtrinr? of frame on tlie rrronml. Tlie Iiddct itself of trah a? easily as a Lav rake. Hum a li: a man on as others do without a load. CALL AND SEE IT. WE IN THE WORLD. - Sold 6n?Trial. J. B. HoIderbaum Somerset, Pa. f P. A. SCHELt v rsmuuxyi---i-k Somerset, Pi HOLIDAY FOR TIIE QUINN'S BIG; STORE, 134 and 130 Clinton Street, . Everybody can Smted. We are closing out Ladies' and Winter Dressf HELLO ! 00 A Parlor 3tt fr. . 3Jj 1 lilt ' F, - i ;tri.r , . 1 1 ore inviti-d tocstll a::,i in. "'lr t. 1896, FORGET TO: - T 50LON RI.V,FR S specially in I'cnumcry t, Latest Variety. Garland of Violets. Garland of Roes. I'almpr'i r. l Perfect Odors in Perfect Ci 5Si GUARANTEE IT THE EES! Carbo.n G arln m.rt iii.i! ti ttve f-r T- lllHTti. Absolutely Air Tight. r..wt lire kiiT-or in": Uti'M.v. t :l!l I ' if h.r -it r tl.iuli!e'!n-:i:. -r. An Entirely s Stove wthit mark.-! t'.v the ,(' sti t '.'i the rIiL Aluminum it th. .-l-tlllLt ot Carbon tiiir!" making tti. n! t'":i emml in.ri"!i':, I'rii-e no!iii.'!''r:,: interior f this clatt. Svi PR MILLION f JOITXSTOWN. PA 'JacL-etSjCajiea, Goods vent loir. f & r? SENTS r a. - QUINN'S, 10HNST0WN, FA Come for n jargain to - 1 .1
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