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THO THE PUBLIC.
Il In compliance with the provisions Of the 10Th
section OF the act entitled IAN Act regulating the sale
OF intoxicating liquors., passed at Dover, April 10Th.
1873, | do hereby give notice that on Monday the
9th day Of April next shall make application TO the
Court OF General Sessions of the Peace and Jail
Delivery then to be held at Dover. in and for Kent
County, for license TO keep inn tavern in
United School Districts Nos 60, 90, 81 g. 90 in the
town OF Dover, Dover Hundred in said county Ol
Kent, at and in the house occupied by me- stu.
ated the north side of LOOckerman street in the
said town of Dover, adjoining LANDS Of Timothy
Seaman. lands Of Patrick Lyons. and others. with the
privilege Of selling therein Intoxicating liquors in less
quantities than quart, 10 be drunk the premises
The names Of the freeholders recommending my
application are
Samuel T. Jones, John Brown,
Joseph Levi, ]. W. Smith,
G. w. Morgan, William Hartnett,
Edm'd Belling, William A. Atkinson,
II. ]. Enright, ]. NJ. Abbott,
John Mag, Thomas Collins,
John KERN, Robert Welsh,
JOS Mcdaniel, Jr., Dennis Finnegan,
John w. Brown, VIM. ii. Thomas.
FRIEDRICH WINDOLPH.
Dover, Del, March 9th. 1874.
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DE ATHS.

wOODEEBPERon the 18th inst at the residence of j. c.
LaOmus ThOrou EhfArs Neck Mrs. Rachel Weodkesper
10 the 18th Of her
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For Rent.
feb. l6-tf

TWO STORES. One I6 by SO with two large
rooms above and good cellar beneath. The other
same sire only divided into two rooms on the FIRST
floor, two rooms above divided off in sleeping
apartments vith.a cellar.
March Ath..4t EDWARD WARD.
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FRUIT GROWERS.

With regard to shipping BERRIES & PEACHES
from your Stste 10 this market allow me TO say that
it doubtless land it s to quite exten be done
very successfully and satisfactorily. Ship all by
American Express Company from Philadelphia to
Buffalo, the rate bsing s2O0 cwt. and crates returned
free. The Adams Express Company brings fruit
from most all points in Delaware to Philadelphia at
75c cwt. hence the avarags sharge from Delaware
10 Buffalo will be s275 cwt. and guarantee 10 pay
for all crates not returned. The fruit will be on the
way but ID hours from Philadelphia aud you know
the time required TO transport them from where you
are to Philsdephia. The fruit should be picked
about as many hours earlier (than IL intended for
New York rsaFkcg as it requires extra to get them
here. All Ne. l fruit properly packed and shipped
will surely result satisfactory. have soliciting
agents preferrng to do all business direct with The
growers. Growers will be furnished with my own
semi.weskly Produce Circulars made up by myself
exclusively from actual sales the day published.
Straw berries averaged in this market in 1871 20a23
| in 1879 same, and 1873 l5s20e. Trusting you will
duly consider these facts and that this market must
be one Of your best outlets. Satisfactory reereMce
aud security given" am Respectfully. mhAl2-W
| ~ n 2ArrEDQnM
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SHERIEE'S SALE.

SHRRIFY's OFEIcK. DOVER, DBL,
March iIth, 1874.
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Dover, Del, March 9th, 1874.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
Cotton Mills Burned

PROVIDENCE, r. l., July 1.-The
Social Mills in Woonsocket, running
$4,000 spindles and 1000 looms on
cotton goods, were destroyed by fire
this afternoon. The fire caught at
three O'Clock from the friction of the
main belt, about the middle of the
structure, which was 900 feet long,
and built of stone and brick. The
flames spread rapidly, but the en-
ployes, 500 in number, probably all
escaped safely. Ali efforts Of the
Woonsoeket Fire Department were
unavailing. Aid was asked of this
city, and Mayor Doyle sent up two
steamers, which reached the scene
twenty-seven minutes after starting;
but the walls had fallen in. The loss
will probably range from 5000 600 to
$500, 600. The insurance amounts to
$780, 900 in eastern companies.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
A Fatal Courtship.

RIPLEY, O., July about ten
o'clock last night the community was
Mortified by the shooting of Nj. John
Caslett and bis son Taylor by Charley
Swisher, ofthis place. Swisher had
been keeping company with Caslett's
daughter against the wishes Of her
father. Between ten and eleven
O'Clock last night Mr.. Caslett found
them sitting in his parlor, and order.
ed Swisher away. A difficulty en-.
sued, in which Swisher shot Caslett
and then fed, the girl accompanying
him, being afraid to remain athome.
While on the road two brothers Of
the girl, John and Taylor, who knew
nothing of the previous shooting, dis
covered the flying couple and pursu-
ed them with the intention Of bring
ing back the girl. Swisher supposed
it vas the elder Caslett in pursuit,
and after ordering him to return, fir
ed. The ball took effect in the abdo-
men of Taylor and produced q hem
orrhage from which death resulted
within an hour. The elder Caslett
was wounded in the thigh, and is not
considered in danger.
Swisher is still at large, although
the officers have made an active and
extended search. Taylor Csslett
was a bne young man, and leaves a
widow and n child. His funeral
to-day was the largest ever seen here.
The procession was over a mile in
length.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
PIETRO
TFrom the Evansville Courier.
a Horrible Death.

One of the most horrible and sick
cning accidents hat has ever occurred
in our city took place at noon yes
terday, the victim receiving no doubt,
instant death. About l1:30 o'clock
an old gentleman named Billy Saber-
ton, better known as "Tailor Billy, !"
and who did odd jobs, especially
trimming trees, cutting grass and kim
dred occupations, went into Mr.. N.
Flies mills, on Canal street neal
Eighth, and asked permission to shar-
pen a scythe on the grindstone run
by steam in that establishment. His
request was granted, but when he
went down into the cellar he returned
and asked for a light, as it was very
dark and be could not fad the stone,
and was afraid of the machinery.
A light was furnished him, and he
went down into the cellar again.
At nearly II O'Clock one of the mil
lers, Mr.. VIM. Files, had occasion to
go into the cellar, and remained
about the machinery about ten min
utes, but upon looking around saw
nothing Of the man who had gone
before him to sharpen the scythe.
Just as he was searching the place
something struck n Of the window
glasses of the engine room, which is
in the cellar OF a platform raised
about four feet. He rushed in, and
there a horrible sight met his gaze.
The engines and walls were bespat-
tered with blood, and the large fly
wheel, fourteen feet in diameter, re-
volving at the rate of ninety revolu-
tons q minute, was reeking with
gore. The engine was stopped, and,
although pieces Of bone and flesh and
clots of blood were found all about,
they were identified as those of the
unfortunate Billy Saberton. The
skull was picked up in four pieces;
the two eyes were thrown together
from their sockets near the door
his heart entire was found hanging
to one Of the belt wheels, and the
largest part of the trunk and limbs
were found near the pit of the fly
wheel it was the entrails which had
struck the window of the engine
room. 1t was q most horrible and
~sickening sight, no n piece found
weighing over six pounds. The Cor
Oner was called and brought with him
a coffin, in which was placed the IN
fortunate victims head as nearly as
possible, and the two feet. No at
tempt was made to gather the other
portions of the body Systematically,
but they were scraped together and
deposited pell1nell in the coli, being
picked up with a shovel. An inquest
was held, and e verdict of accidental
death rendered.
As no one saw the accident, it is
not known how be came to be caught
in the machinery. When given the
lamp it was supposed he would &c to
the grindstonc, being familiar with
the premises. lie must have enter
ed the engine room, however, and
laid down his lamp and scythe, for
both were found when the miller
discovered the accident. As there
was a gas light in the room, it is
supposed he saw the rapidly revolv-
ing wheel, which worked in a pit
about FIVE feet deep and twelve
inches wide, but how he ever got in
will never be told.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
Death Of Marshai Coneha.

MADRID, June 29-Dispatches wer,
received by the government thi:
morning conveying the startling in.
telligence that Marshall Concha, was
killed yesterday in an attack by the
republican troops upon the Carlist
entertainments at Muro, three kilome.
tres from Estella. When the national
forces learned Of the death Of their
commander they returned to their
former position without disorder,
leaving no trophy in the hands of the
enemy. The command Of the repub-
lican army will now be taken by
General Iabala, the president of the
council and minister of war. Senior
Cotoncr will succeed Zabala as minis
ter of war and Senior Sagasta, minis
ter of the interior, becomes president
of the council.
MADRID, June 29-Besides Mar
shall Concha one brigadier general
and two staff officers were killed In
the attack of the republicans upon
the Carlist entertainments at Muro
yesterday. Gen. Martinez Compass
commands the army ofthe north until
the arrival of Gen. Zabala. BY Or
ders from Madrid the whole army
has fallen back to Leron, eight miles
from Estella.
The body of General Concha will
arrive here tomorrow and will have
an imposing funeral.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
The Drought.

CINCINNATI, July 5.-The severe
dry weather that has prevailed in
Eastern and Southwestern Ohio for
several weeks, is resulting in consid-
cradle injury to the farming interests.
The pastures are brown and bare,
and ponds and streams are almost
dried up. Along the railroad lines,
fires prevail. A good deal of damage
has been done along the Pan Handle
road by fires consuming wheat in
shocks, and fences. The greatest ex-
tent of damage is between Stuben.
vile and Columbus. Corn is pretty
badly curled, but is a good color, and
if rain comes soon will make a crop.
Old residents fail to recall any season
when the heat was SO severe and
prolonged, so early in the season.
They greatly fear that unless relief
comes in the way of rain soon, that
the corn crop will fail and cattle be
driven to starvation for want of
grass. Wheat fields east and west
of Chillicothe were on fire last night,
ignited by a locomotive. The woods
in various parts Of the country are on
fire, and great damage is threaten
ed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08

Somebody has invented q sun um-
brella and mosquito net combined.
They win be useful for the seaside,
as one planted beside n camp stool
will shelter the head, while the net
sets the winged plagues a. d-G-
ance.
4 Shreveport eijtor. bcins asked
whether Byron wrote d certain line.
replied that he could not saw that
Byron wrote Il, as be did not see him
write it, but the line was 20 be found
in one Of Byron's poems. Evidently
something has happened to teach that
editor caution.
In Newark, New Jersey, numer-
Gus complaints have been made to the
police authorities about well dressed
women who frequent the public
parks aud under the pretence Of kiss
ing and caressing babies in charge of
children and half-grown nurses, rob
them of their jewelry and embroider-
ed garments.
The pretty rice paper that loooks
so pure and delicate is made in China
from the pith Of a tree, not at all as
we make paper from poplar wood, but
by simply cutting it into thin slices.
And thousands Of years before Moses
was born the Egyptians made paper
from the great papyrus, or paper
reed, by carefully peelIng out the
thin layer between the bark and the
heshy stem, and pressing and drying
the pieces into paper.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
Stage Coach Robbed.

SALT LAKE CITY, July IA
Montana stage was robbed at hal
past eleven last night at Big Dry
creek, twenty-five miles south OF
Pleasant valley by four masked men
armed with shot guns. The south
coach was stopped first and run into
the brush by the side of the road and
held until the north coach came along
J. G. Jackson and q passenger nam.
ed Billings, on the north coach, were
robbed. Billings lost 1890. The
robbers, recognizing Jackson, return
ed him his money. A passenger
named Jones, on the south coach
was robbed of sixty dollars. The
treasurer's box of Wells Fargo wa:
broken open and everything of value
taken. Loss not kgown.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08

NOTWITHSTANDING the hard times
and the failure Of congressional
schemes Of finance, the Reading
Times finds heart TO say: AT least
two-Gfths Of the iron furnaces in the
county are said to be nov standing
idle, but the prospect is that it will
not be for long. Since the passage
of the finance bill and the adjourn
ment Of Congress, business Of all
kinds has been looking up, and even
the iron trade begins to show signs
of recuperation. A leading manu-
facturer informed Us a day or two ago
that his firm is again in the receipt Of
orders, and that contracts can now
be made in different branches Of man
ufactured iron at rates that viii at
least pay expenses The splendid
crops that are now being harvested
will have much to do to hasten the
return of confidence and better times
There is good reason to believe that
bv fall all the old furnaces in the
SchuylkiIl, Lehigh and Lebanon val
leys, now idle, including a number OF
new ones recently built, viii again
be in full blast. The experience Of
the past is hat when the iron and
coal trade is active, all other indus
tries, including agriculture, areequai-
ly prosperous. The prospective re-
vival of these great Pennsylvania in
dustrics, therefore, affords assurance
that the late panic is about played
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08

In the Republican Convention Of
Cambria county, held at Ebensburg
on Tuesday Of last week, Hon. A. A.
Barker, by a vote Of oil to 80, was
nominated as a candidate for Con-
gress and empowered to appoint his
own-conferees.
Everything does not appear to be
lovely for Mr.. Barker in his own
county. No other candidate appears
to have been named in convention
against him, and yet 80 out Of the
81 delegates voted against his nomi-
nation. The Johnstown Tribune ex-
plains the significance and meaning
Of this vote in a lengthy editorial, in
which it is alleged that the hostility
to Mr.. Barker is not personal. but
because be is considered a weak man
in a contest in that county, and to
sustain the objection it adduces the
fact that within the past ten years be
has twice been q candidate for Con-
gress and each time ran behind the
ticket. Such q vote in convention.
and such a protest from the leadin-
party organ in his own county, will
send Mr.. Barker into the district con-
venson too heavily weighted to con-
test tae race with Blair, Cessna and
koeDiz.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08

Marvellous Freaks OF lightning.

WILKsBARRE, June pa thun-
der storm passed over this city this
afternoon, causing considerable dam
age. George Werner, "a miner in the
Motif mines, was struck by
lightning when q mile and a half un-
foreground, and severely, though not
fatally, wounded. The lightning fol-
lowed the railroad track into the
mines. A workman in the gas house
was also scorched by lightning.
Memorial Church was struck and
the rear end somewhat shattered.
The South street wire bridge seemed
to be a blaze of fire. The telegraph Of
fee in the First National Bank was
visited by the fluid, and the operators
considerably frightened by balls of
fire, which in quick succession enter
ed by the wires and h~armlessly ex-
ploded. During the storm the wind
blew down Il scaffolding around the
Court House. Hundreds of trees all
over the city were either unroofed or
broken, causing a blockade o some Of
the streets. The storm lasted fifteen
minutes. The thermometer before
the storm indicated 100 degrees in
the shade, and afterwards so.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
Washington.

WASHINGTON, June "a terrible
storm of wind and rain passed over
this city last evening. Trunks of
trees two or three feet in circumfer-
ence were snapped by the hurricane,
and ornamental and shade trees all
over the city, including a number in
the capitol and Presidents grounds
and public parks, were either entirely
destroyed or shorn of their branches.
Five houses in a row were complete
ly stripped Of their roofs, which were
carried a distance Of several hundred
feet. Several carriages passing along
the streets were overturned, and
a lady in one sustained severe injury.
Telegraph wires to all points were
Frustrated. While a number of col
ored children were enjoying them
selves in q hall the rooffell in, caused
by the wind straining the rafters.
Four of the children were injured.
The steeple of the Metropolitan
Methodist Church, one hundred feet
in hight, was moved five feet from its
perpendicular, and is now in a dan
gerOus condition.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08

THE ticket nominated last week is
an exceptionally good one, and after
the usual furry incident to these an
nual nominations has subsidized, will
receive a cordial and undivided sup
port from cur party friends. An ex-
animation of the returns as publish
ed, will make apparent to the most
obtuse the farcial nature Of primary
elections as held by the Republican
party in this county. Some Of the
townships report a greater vote than
they viii be able to return in the fall,
others show that the full vote, Re-
publican aud Democrat, has been
polled, while still others return 50
meagre a vote as TO prove that but
little interest was felt in the result.
The contest for the Legislative nom
nations was sharp and close, and the
majority for the successful candidates
over their highest competitors is but
a meager one.
We repeat, the ticket is a good
one, and we commend it heartily tC
the support of the Republican voters
but we hold it our duty also to again
protest against the scandulous man
ner Of conducting these primary
elections in many of the precincts
If the system is not abolished, for i
appears it cannot be satisfactorily
amended and guarded against fraud
it must inevitably lead to the disrup
ton and overthrow of the Republican
party of this county.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
The Pension Act.

WASHINGTON, July The act
approved June Is, 1874, entitled an
act to increase pensions in certain
cases, provides that all persons who
are now entitled to pensions under
existing laws and who have lost
either an arm at or above tha elbow
or q leg at or above the knee shall be
rated IN the second class and shall
receive twenty-four dollars per month,
provided that no artificial limbs or
communication therefor snail be furnish
ed to such persons as shall be entitled
to pensions under this act. The act
by its terms was to take effect from
and after the fourth day of June
1878.
General Baker, Commissioner Of
Pensions, to-day announces that per
sons embraced within the provisions
of this act can secure the benefits OF
the same without a formal application
and without the intervention of an at
torney. The power of an attorney
will not be recognized in an applica-
ton for the increase of the pension
provided by this act. A letter from
the pensioner, addressed to the Com
missioner OF pensions enclosing his
pension certificate and giving his
post Office address, will be asuilicient
presentation of his claim.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08

HARRISBURG, July 5.-The CLAM
organ Iron Company's furnace. al
Lewistown. was partially DESTROYED
by the storm Of Saturday. aud Levi
Bloomcnstcin. Henry Bloomrnsfein.
and George Rayuor 81 Lveisiown.
were killed.
LATEST DlsPAFcH.-Tbc storm
was more Of the nature Of II tornado.
The roof of the Coleman House, in
town, and the lower hotel at the de-
pot were blown of, and several other
houses damaged. The steeples OF
the Lutheran and Presbyterian chucrh-
es were blown down. The total
number killed, so far as heard from, is
seven. Five are injured and sew
eral others missing. The Miffiin
boys were playing base ball with the
Lewistown boys, and had taken ref
uge in the railroad bridge from the
storm. Travel on the main line of
the Pennsylvania Railroad will not
be interrupted by the fall of the
bridge at Lewis.own. The telegraph
wires are all down between Harris
burg and Lewistown.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
A Terrible Thirty Minutes History

Mr.. Kyle was at a neal neighbours
house raising, and Mrs. Kyle, with
the smaller of her two children went
to a spring near by to do her washing.
After being engaged some time she
heard a scream from her little girl,
whom she had left at the house, and
Fastening to the scene, it was her
horror to behold a huge rattlesnake
lying there with its fangs fastened in
the child's arm. She succeeded in
killing the snake, and then, thinking
of her child which she had left at the
spring, she FASTENED there, only TO
find that this one had climbed up to
the tub of water, fallen in, and was
drowned.
This nearly crazed her, and she
ran with all her might to the neigh
boris where the house raising was.
and, screaming with excitment, called
TO her husband, who at the time was
upon the building, and he, through
excitement, in trying to get down,
pulled a piece of timber off upon him
and fell, killing himself instantly.
The friends hen went back to where
the child and snake were, only to find
each dead lying on the floor. This
all happened within thirty minutes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08

THE establishment of a financial
policy, by the passage eff the currency
bill at the close Of session, has had
a beneficial effect throughout the
country, and business is rapidly tax
ing on a more cheerful aspect. The
bill itself affords no relief by ~increas-
ing the volume of currency, but by
determining and fixing its amount
business men kno v precisely what to
calculate upon, and therefore public
confidence is being restored, and
locked up capital set aaoat.
The important question yet to be
decided before business will resume
its usual activity is the rate Of labor.
An immense crop is now being bar
vested and cheaper food is a certain
ty. Capital viii not invest in labor
at past high rates and labor is sullen
and does not want to recede from
former prices, while the combinations
among working men prevents all con-
formity to the present situation
Nothing retards a return to healthy
activity throughout all manuiactur-
ing industries, except the combina-
tons to prevent labor from accepting
other conditions than they undertake
to prescribe, but as soon as these CON-
binations are broken down, and indi-
vidual laborers are free to accept
rates commensurate with the inan-
cial situation, prosperity will begin to
dawn and general prosperity viii be
the result.