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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-10-07
TO WHOM ASSESSED

Lsnckton, George MS
Bsginnirr Al stone number a. planted .. the north
By e.ssge oyrter, called :. Trnidsd.' thence sostS
sr line ,S. de s &c ss, svS 60 sschss With oy
for the rArosd thence north for,ytwo and
psrohes uI!) seven IA links with said
oNision line formerly put M between ths and
hence Win fence Torth twenty TREE es1 aaSrsss
west enc hundred and thirteen IS % relies and fifteen
fence Marked for corner thence south sstT I've an
9asfter GO degrees west as perch and
frcm The land formerly held by Mr. DerrInssr thsnss
W ,be me sno Of tAs direction thereof
the entre ground contained within foegong met.
sIehes sold to one Msnsuu. BY Beni F. Fenwiet 'N'
Beginning Il the road laid out By the
s s nSCs the sIGser S and sG@SS.
the Queens Chspel road thence ,outhWestefly form
one snd seyeDty-two hundreds IL 72l poles thence
(s9 2] POLES TO point on the Washington Ar Bsla
more railroad, thence along the line q said railroad
ey ih1ty and S rfsSf 2 rcs. q
The place OF begiInrt being lot lumber eight in sub
DIVISION CT said land by the oommlssopeT containing
nine tO acres, more or less.
Beginning at Point where the Queens CHAPEL road
crosses The Baltimore and Washington railroad and
running thence north twenty-five and one halt Us
degrees west nineteen no. poles road laid out IN
said track by the commissioners for dividing the same
hundredths (616c POLES thence soutfeasteTly thirty
and hity-two hundredths so SOY poles 10 ont on
place of teelrnIng same being lot number n,ne %,
of the subdivision of said land made by The comms
tioners, containing nine (9l acres
CsthaIire P.arson's he.rs-57 acres and imp.......
Begfnring 1T large white oak standing at the nor tn
west corner OF said tract and running north rfty-fou
tD degrees west, snd hundredths
si1oo 70 cast sde OF Piney Branch road thence
thrtyfour ard one-hsn (54xl dserees. ninetse.
and twenty-five bnpdredths 9S5l00 perches nth AID
road, thence fouth one and three-fonTths degrees
west seven and seventy hundretEs( 1907 perches
thence south twenty four and gree
t& andteyeny Two huDdredths &c 72l00) peTebes 70 in
tersect thirty three rod lire mall seat thence south
forty six and eIelaf degrees west and eight one
hundredtbs e s1OO perchee TO end "a,
rod line, thence in straight line the point Of lie.
ginning, tie same being known and Designated =
"Fletcbers Good Will"
The New York herald., 1872-12-17
AMURE1IENTs.

GRAND OPERA HOUaE
~ sole Lessee and Manager Mr. AUGUSTIN DAILY
twenty third street. of Eighth avenue
a, Curtain risss % st " Admission, ONE DOLLAR Fam
and One Dollar extra. ~
=. Cars are now running ON Twentythird street from
sectlng all stage routes and railroads ~
The New York herald., 1872-12-17

-VxvTNTER eRR6oRT.-RoYAL VICTORIA -HOTEL,
w Nassau, n F.. Bahamas, now open: Persons desir-
Ing escape the rgors of northern Winter obtain
circulars containing fulI Information by addressing
JAMES LTDGERW00D. Agent, 76S Broadway, New York.
The New York herald., 1872-12-17
REPORTS.

The contractor will be required to reportweeky under
oath, the number OF stamps manufactured finished
finished and spoiled, the number issued during the
week, and the number available for issue all spoiled
stamps to be destroyed by the agent Of the department
In the presence Of the contractor his
STAMP AGENT.
, An agent of the Department. will have supervision of
the manufacture, rage and Issue the stamps,
shall at al times have full and Nee access 70 The
ured and stored for the purpose of inspecting the
and the shall furnish him and his clerks
able office and desk for the transaction of the
business OF his agency without cost to the government
CONTRACT NOT ASSIGNABLE.
The contract cannot in any case, he lawfully trans
ierred or assigned.
The New York herald., 1872-12-17


SRHAEsE HE
AND THE M TFf Flhi5iaS NihIE A5FEk dfEkA pouppE
This TgEs6AY AND ToMoRRow WEDNESDAY,.
THE nrIosIsa stssi4I5s Sh5sH u SEHhsE 4aR cay
,xIMEE in her most Sesutiiui role of LA BELLE
NIT sgrEAg sgI il his highly snssss role Of PARIS
Mons Mons fShAhR DuchssssiEo N osEsIss as AsdIkMEMNoS.
Mnsn Ie jussaS Sarsa susm BeyyhSsG yss eassp
c0nductOfSs y', Mons yoS eHELE.
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e 10n' IN 2Ss5Y Sas D as Faust &C.
gE sHMEss g sf os h2vyHEs
AND THE THE dAah1n dknaTEsF sFsSHns3S xTTR3Sros
L w se
Seats secured AZ the box office, at schIrmers 7oi and
Union SQUARE THEATRE.
Proprietor. tor.....-...............M SHERIDAN SHOOK
A.
Doors open at7a5. Begins ats over at lo:lo.
POSITIVELY
THE LAST WEEK
OF MISS AGNRs ETHELs ENGAGEMENT
ana OF sardon's dosTs great play
ONLY SEVEN pEAAssSskkssAscEs pEAsSksAscEs MORE OF
AGNES,
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ftAY OF. THE YEAR
THIS WEEK, Friday evening,
93d to Tooth Dec. 90
performance Benefit
AGNES. MISS ETHEL
Saturday evening, Saturday at l1s o'clock
Dec. 22 LAST MATINEE
Tooth and last of
performance OF AGNES AGNES.
Next week will be produced, with and approprI-
ate scenery and with very strong the STANDARD
COMEDIEA
Monday, Dec %.
IONDoN AsSTPANCE Tuesday, Dec. "a.
-N-'Oo' o"A'o'''.. Wednesday GMatinee) Dec
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. . Wednesday Evening Dec. Is
and Thursday, Dec 26.
IFrday, Dec. a.
MONEY. ! Saturday Matinee, Dec. 28
Saturday Evening, Dec. D.
In these comedies Mrs Clara Jennings and Miss Mary
Grswod will make their first at this the
and Miss Emily Mestayer, Miss Fanny Hayward, Miss
Imogene Fowler and Mr.. Mark Smith will reappear.
In active preparation Mr. JOHN BROUGHAM'S new
romantic drama, -
whic will be produced Immediately alter the holidays.
SEATS FOR ANY OF THE COMEDY NIGHTS MAY
NOW BE SECURED.
CHRISTMAS DAY, EXTRA MATINEE,
AT O'CLOCK.
The New York herald., 1872-12-17

The Postmaster General the right to reject
any and all bids If in his judgment the interests the
government require it also the right to annu the
time to perform faithfully any Of Its stipuations in
case OF wu attempt to impose upon the Department
stamps inferior to those in USE
PAYMENTS.
Payments for stamps actually Issued and delivered will
be made quarterly after proper ton and adjust
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-19
State Temperance Convention mt Al
tOOna-The Nominations and ResoIu-
tfOns.

ALTOONA, PA, June 1.-THE
State Temperance Convention met
here to-day. There was fair atten-
dance, and the proceedings were inter
esting. The following nominations
were made:
Governor : B. Chase, of Susque-
hanna COUNTY; Supreme Judge, JO-
seph Henderson. washington coun-
ty: Auditor General, Barr Spangler,
of Lancaster county; Gongress-at-
large. Col. Geo. +. Mcfarland, A. j.
Clark and Il. +. Rush, of Bradford.
Resolutions were adopted as fol-
lows: The first approves OF
the action of the Convention OF
August, 1871 the second affrms the
proceedings of the National Prohibi-
ton party at Columbus, Ohio, Febru-
ary go, 1875; the third declares traffic
in liquor as q beverage injurious to
the best interests of society, and de-
mands its suppression by law the
fourth resolves against the great dau-
ger arising frem competition of the ru-
ling parties for the liquor vote; the
fifth pledges the adoption of political
measures, but not at the sacrifice of
moral means; the sixth invites all
citizens to join in the effort to rescue
the State from the dominion of intem-
perance. The remaining resolutions
recognized the duty of protecting
American industry, justice to women
as voters, and equality of labor with
capital, and express continuedreliance
on the blessing of Almighty God
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-19
Planter Murdered by Negro.

MEMPHIS, June l3.-Tuesday morn
ing the body of Billy Raves, a young
planter, was found in a cotton field,
near Bells station, ON the Memphis
and Louisville Railroad, with his
head crushed from blow with hoe.
Suspicion pointed to Martin Raves,
colored, who was at work with de-
ceased, and who had disappeared.
Some citizens went in search of Mar
tin and found him at work near the
station. On being arrested he con-
fessed having killed the deceased, but
stated that Billy and he had quarrel
ed, and the later had started to get a
gun, when he struck him with a hoe.
The ground where the deceased was
found bore evidence of fearful strug-
gle, and the prisoner was not be-
lieved. Infuriated friends of young
Raves were with difficulty restrained
from lynching the negro, but better
counsel prevailed and he was. taken
to Brownsville and jailed. The de-
ceased and his murderer were raised
together and had always been warm
ly attached to each other.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-19
Loss Of Lifc-Great Damage tO Prop.
eFty.

New YORK, June IA terrifick
gale which swept over the city be-
tween three and four o'clock this af-
ternoon was very disastrous, in its eff
fects. In Greenpoint the gale was
very severe, and houses were unroof-
ed and trees torn up in every direc-
ton. Thereof of the New York Dye
Works was blown off, causing dam
age to the amount Of $4,000. A large
brick building in Williamsburg in
course of elevation, corner of Broad
way and Lynch street, was blown
down, burying nine men in the ruins.
One man named Beers was taken out
dead and others were terribly woun-
ded. The brig G. f. Jewett was
torn from her moorings in the East
river and was driven into the draw of
the Newtown creek bridge, jaming
herself SO tightly that neither her nor
the bridge could be i..oved, The
vessel will probably be total loss.
Several persons have been seriously
injured by falling timbers blown
down, and one boy was killed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-19
Maine Republican Convention.

LEwIsTowN, Me-, June l3.-The
Republican State Convention met to-
day, Joseph w. Porter presiding,
Sidney Graham was nominated by
aeclamation for Governor, and Samuel
+. Spring and Alexander Campbell
for Electors at large.
The resolutions adopted reafirm
the declaration of principles of the
National Convention at Philadelphia,
cordially endorse the nomination of
Grant and Wilson, and promise them
the electoral vote of the State by a
greater majority than in 1858; express
the thanks of the people of the State
to Congress for legislation tending to
promote shipbuilding and revival Of
commerce reaflirm faith in the prin-
ciple of prohibition, and close by
complimenting Gov. Perham.
The Convention closed with cheers
for Grant and Wilson.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-19

CHICAGO, June S.-Further reports
of the great storm of Thursday night
in Central Illinois show that there
was an immense amount Of damage
done in Peoria, Fulton, Knox and
other counties in that section Of the
State, The destruction of bridges on
the country roads having been almost
universal. In the city of Peoria,
fences and trees were blown down,
cellars filed with water, and every
railroad leading out of the city suffer-
ed more or less. No trains left there
yesterday. The Chicago and Quincy
Railroad had about tour miles of
track and many bridges swept away.
The Toledo, Peoria and Wabash road
also suffered severely, losing one $50
foot bridge, and the entire road in Il
number of places is gone. A large
force of men are ut work repairing
damages, and will cause but little
detention of trains. In the town of
Hilton damages are fearful. The
town is almost entirely flooded with
water, and barns, stock, ETC., have
been swept miles away. The most
singular thingis the running up stream
of the Illinois river. The immense
volume ofwater poured into the river
below has created a back-water, and
there is a strong current running
northward. The river last night was
still rising very rapidly, and fears of
damage from this source were enter
tanned.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-19
MURDER.
MAN KILLED IN ALLEGHENY.
He ts STABBED Through the Heart.

Shortly before twelve o'clock last
night gentleman passing up Arch
street, Allegheny, saw man stagger
and take hold of the iron railing in
front of the NJ f. Church, corner OF
North avenue and Arch street, and
then fall to the ground Seeing the
man laying there, he picked up a
stone and raped on the gas lamp two
or three times, when officers Wilson
and Cowell came up and were raising
the man-who had nothing but his
pants and shirt On-when a men
named Lynch appeared and said
1--WE cut, that man, / guess I've give
him enough" Officer Wilson took him
in charge, and both men were convey
ed to the lookup.
Drs. B. b. Smith and James Kirker
were summoned, and upon examina-
ton found that there were two wounds
in the back of the neck and one just
above the heart. While the physi.
clans were examining the wounds one
of them exclaimed 'he is dead,'
which proved correct The murdered
man was insensible from the first mo.
ment he was picked up and remained
so until he died.
Lynch stated that he lives with his
sister, Mrs. Teets, at l74 Arch street,
and that upon going home last night
he heard voices in her room, and
thinking that very strange, he deman.
ded admittance, and itnot being gran.
ted, he burst the door open, and found
this man undressed in her room
With the strength and rage of mad
man he struck the intruder first on
one shoulder, then on the other, then
third time above the heart The
woman tried to interfere, when she
was knocked down three times She
was also arrested.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-19
COUNTY NOMINATIONS.

FER DELEGATE TO THE CONVENTION
COL. JOHN II. EDlE.
ISuhcct to the decision of the District Conference
FOR SENATE,
+. ID. IUTZY, Lower Turkeyfoot
lSul1cct to the decision Of the District Conference
TOR LEGISLATURE,
J. II. McMILLEN, of Middlecreek
FOR PRoTHoNoTARY,
+. NJ. SCHR0CK, of Stonycreek
FGR SHERIFF,
OLIVER KEEPER, of Somerset
FOR REGISTER & RECORDER,
J. ROBERT WALTER, of Milford
FOR COMMISSIONER,
VAL. MILLER, of Quemahoning
FOR POOR HOUSE DIRECTOR,
JOHN II. SNYDER, of Stonvcreek
FOR AUDITOR,
JACOB SPEICHER, of Stonyereek.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-19
Tax and Tariff Reduction.

The tax aud tariff bill, which lately
passed Congress, makes some most
important and welcome changes in
taxation It, for instance, reduces
the amount Of the stamp tax by the
sum Of 81 100000 IL establishes a
uniform tax of twenty cents per
pound on tobacco. II consolidatcs
the spirit tax into one impOst, thus
doing away with great many chan
ces and cnticements to defraud the
revenue. 1t reduces the duties upon
salt fifty per cent. 1t cuts down the
coal impOst forty per cent the lead
impost twenty-five per cent the I'M
post on iron, copper and other metal,
and on manufactures of them, ten per
cent. The tariff on woods and wooden
is reduced ten per cent.
On cotton fabrics the reduction is the
same. Hides are admitted free of
duty So. also are ship-building ma
terials of all description great
benefit to our shipping interest 4
large number of articles used in man
ufacturcs, such as drugs, chemicals and
dye-stuffs, are placed upon the free
list The system Of imposing and
collecting the internal revenue taxa
ton is altered, revised and simplified
Tobacco warehouses are abolished so
likewise the system of paying mole
ties to informers, which has produced
so much fraud and corruption. The
number of collectors and assessors is
reduced nearly 800. Altogether, the
reduction of taxation will be between
ffty-three and ffty-fve millions of
dollars per anum. All this has been
accomplished by the Republican party
at the same time that the reduction
of the public debt has been at the
rate of so, 600, 900 per annum for the
past three years.
Such a record, saws the Chicago
hfer-O ocean, is the highest tribute
that can be paid to the administration
Of General Grant Like himself, il
exhibits deeds, not words; pertinent
facts, not sheets of infinite platitudes.
We believe the people are far better
satisfied with these golden grains Of
speechless yet impressive results, than
with those glibly spun promises with
which Philosopher Greeley and his
motley followers are endeayOring to
deludc and deceive the people.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-19
Gran, and wilson in California

SAN Francisco June IA large
ratification meeting was held here
last night, and addressed by Govern
or Booth and other prominent oil
eials. Politicians express the utmost
confidence in the success of the Phila-
delphia ticket.
The majority for Wilson, Republi-
can, in Oregon isabout two thousand.
There is a Republican majority on
Joint ballot in the Legislature.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-19

1T is asserted by the Harrisburg
Telegraph that FoRNEY's Press,
while ostensibly for the Philadelphia
nominees, is really in the interest OF
the GREELEY faction, and that Col.
MCCLURE has openly boasted that
such is the ease. On the other hand,
FoRNEY stoutly asseverates that he is
heartily in favor of the election of
GRANT and WILSON. BE the fact as
it may, it is very certain that by his
warfare on the State ticket, he is do
ing more to defeat the candidates of
the Philadelphia Convention, than if
be was openly and avowedly against
them.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-19
The Presidents Letter Accepting the
Nomination.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, June 10.


To Hon. Thomas Settle President
National Republican Contention /;
Pam Sioboch, Eiishua Barter, G.
4. Sargent and others, Fice Pres
idcnts
GENTLEMEN-Your letter of this
date advising me of the action of the
Convention held in Philadelphia on
the 5th and 9th of this month, and of
my unanimous nomination for the
Presidency by it, is received. ac-
cept the nomination, and through you
return my heartfelt thanks to your
constituents for this mark of their
confidence and support. If elected in
November, and protected by kind
Providence in health and strength to
perform the high trust conferred, |
promise the same zeal and devotion
to the good of the whole people for
the future of my official life as shown
in the past. Past events may guide
me in avoiding mistakes inevitable
with novices in all professions and in
all occupations
When relieved from the RESPONSE
bilities of my present trust by the
election of my successor, whether it
be at the end of this term or next, l
hope to leave to him as Executive
country at peace within it's own bor-
ders, and at peace with outside ma
tions, with credit at home and
abroad without embarrassing ques-
tons to threaten its future prosperity.
With expression of my desire to see
the speedy healing of all bitterness of
feeling between sections, parties or
races of citizens and the time when
the title of citizen carries with it all
the protection and privileges to the
humblest that it does to the most cx-
alted.
Very respectfully
Your obedient servant,
u. s. GRANT
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-19
CURRENT NOTES.

"Hurrah for Horrors Greeley and
Grass Brown" exclaimed drunken
Philistinc in Kentucky.
Lazy California bar-tenders place
the ingredients of cobbler into a
tumblcr, and then wait for earthquakes
to mix them up.
Here is California earthquake in
cident: An unruly colt had broken
loose from his tether, and the owner
was chasing him about the lot when
the shock came. The colt disappear
ed, but the farmer has first class
drain across his forty-acre farm.
There is an artesian well in Paris
which is nearly two thousand feet
deep, four feet in diameter at the top
and two feet at the bottom, and which
discharges upwards of five millions OF
cubic feet of water every twenty-four
hours. aa
Divorces are often obtained on the
most trifing grounds. In Chicago is
man who asks for separation from
his wife because she gets drunk every
night in the week, and beats the chill
dren with poker. Talk about a wo-
man with nerve like that not being
able to rear family.
Constable Hess, of Martic, and ex-
Sheriff Rowe, of ofProvidence, Lancas-
ter county, were whipped by woman
last week, ON whom they attempted
to serve an execution. She whipped
the sheriff with her fists and then
"went for" the constable with club.
They finally escaped by taking to
their heels.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-19
THE EDEMoCRATIC QUANDARY.

To be, or not to be, that Is the
question, now distracting the Democ-
racv. Whether tits nobler in the
mind to suffer the slings and arrows
of outrageous fortune, or to take arms
against a sea of troubles, and, by OPP
posing, end thems To die-to sleep,
no more:-and, by sleep, to say
we end the heartaches, and the thou
sand natural shocks that flesh is heir
tor whether it is advisable at
Baltimore, in order to beat GRANT, to
forsake creed, organization and name,
and make common cause with their
deadliest foe, gives them pause
There's the respect that makes cal
amity of so long life: for who would
bear the whips and seorns of time,
the oppressor's wrong, the proud
mans contumely, = the inso
lence of office, and the spurns that
patient merit of the unworthy takes
when he himself might his quietus
make with bare bodkini So, to be
or not to be, is the question that will
continue to distract the Democracy
until the Baltimore Convention
launches them on voyage to the un'
discovered country, from whose
bourne no traveller returns.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-19
OHIO.
The late TOrnadO-An Awful yisita-
~ tlOn.

CINCINNATI, June Il.-Later par
ticulars from the scene of the tornado
which visited Quincy and Degraff, in
Logan county, on Saturday evening,
show that it was more terrible and
destructive than the first reports in
dicated. A sultry day was followed
by the appearance Of cloud in the
west at FIVE O'Clock p. NJ, which gath
cred in blackness and size with fear
full rapidity. A heavy wind set in,
and at 5:30P. NJ. the whirlwind struck
the earth, FIVE miles from Quincy
moving northwestwardly. II was
hardly more than FIVE minutes in
reaching Quincy, through which it
passed, making clean sweep of
houses, trees and fences along its path,
which fortunately was comparatively
narrow. In Quincy fifty or sixty
dwellings and stores, two churches,
and as many more shops, stables and
outbuildings were unroofed, or rocked
on their foundations, or demolished.
The air was literally flied with flying
weather boards, furniture, laths and
plaster. A parlor stove was caught
up by the wind, hurled through the
air and falling on woman crushed
her so that she died
The Baptist and Methodist Episco-
pal Churches were completely de-
stroyed. On its way to Degraff, the
tornado struck Boggs' Touring mill,
FIVE stories high, containing three
thousand bushels of grain, moving
the building nine inches from its foun-
dation, CARRYING away the roof and a
portion of the fifth story. 1t plowed
its way through Degrat, scattering
destruction in its path, but hurting
fewer persons and injuring a lesser
number Of buildings. After leaving
Dcgraff it passed several settlements
and finally rose from the earth, and
was seen for miles carrying in its fun
mel shaped form timbers, rails and
debris gathered in its destructive
march.
The papers this morning give the
names of thirty-nine persons injured
in Quincy and eleven in Degraif, the
list not comprising all injured in the
former village. Mrs. Rail reported
killed in Degraff, is vet living. Two
of her children were killed. Mrs.
Click, of Quincy, has since died of
her wounds.