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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-02-18
CIR NEW YORK LETTER.
NEW YORK Feb. lG, 1874,
THE SNOW.

Snow in a country is one of the
most pleasant incidents of life.
From the farmer who has logs and
wood to get out, 10 the school-boy
who has long waited for an opportu-
nity to get out bis sled, it is a good
thing. But snow in New York is an
unmitigated curse without redeem
ing feature or q mitigating cireum-
stance. / write feelingly, for New
York is suffering from snow at this
time. Last week q very heavy
snow fell, as it did all over the coun-
try. Here it was, and is frightful.
The moment the snow was an inch
deep The trouble commenced. The
street ear companies were COM
PEELED to double teams, which, as
they have just enough horses for
their cars, reduced the number of
cars just half, at the verv time the
cars should be doubled. Hundreds of
thousands of poor people live, of ne
ccssity, three or four miles from their
place Of labor. The withdrawal of
half the cars compelled fully the
half Of them 70 walk to tLeir wretch
ed homes Imagine a poor, weak,
half clad woman or girl walking
through six ineheE ofsnow in blind
ing storm four miles, after twelve
hours of exhaustive labor. This is
what the poor of New York were
compelled to do this week.
As matter of course the terrific
storm filed the station house With the
shivering poor. who. but for these
refugees, would have persisted ia the
streets. Many touching incidents
were related. Last evening a labor
er, with his wife and six children,
entered the Mulberry Street station
and asked Captain Clincby for shell
ter. The kind officer put them in a
warm cell, when the woman asked to
be allowed 10 go out and get food for
the children. Seeing how weak she
was Capt. Clinchy told her 10 give
him the money and be would send.
The woman handed Capt. Clinchy
four ceI:s What sort of supper
do yoa intend TO get with this ?n
Bread, sirl' well, yon won't get
enough for yourself for four cents"
That's so, but / and my husband
can do without" Handing her the
four cents Capt. Clinchy went to the
bakers and returned with three loaves
some ham and FISH, and a subscrip-
ton was raised among The men, all
sf whom gave their mite to assist the
poor family. That night, ct the
Academy of Music, there was an
Opera-sests, Si-crowded with peo-
pie clad In silks, satins, yelvets and
furs, and the air rcdolent with per-
fumes. In the gorgeous mansions
up town society was holding high
carnival, each vieing with the other
in recklessness ofexpenditare. What
cxtremesl a family living on $780,
coo O year-another trying to make
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The Quincy Bank Robbery.

CHICAGO, February l4.-NothiEg
has been ascertained SO far In regard
to the bank robbery at Quincy yester-
day morning, though several persons
have been arrested on suspicion. \
reward of twenty thousand dollars
is offered for 'he restoration of the
stolen property and the capture Of
the thieves. The bank continues
business as usual. Among the bonds
stolen were one hundred thousand
dollars Of Adams county bonds, num-
bers 22l to 400 inclusive.
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w took occasion, 3 leg weeks
since. TO comment somewhat plainly
on what VIC deemed the unnecessary
accumulation of funds in the County
Treasury, by reason Of the Commits.
sionors retaining the usual tax levy
Tor the present year, there being at
present large surplus on hand We
now-desiring to render praise when
Jt Is justly due-take occasion to
eompend the economy and faithful.
ness O( these officers, in the manage.
meR and disbursement of the monies
nndcr their control. A comparison
'oi the receipts and expenditures OF
she county, with those of the neigh
boring counties, show an economy Of
expenditures truly commendable, and
prudent and much to the credit of
siIcse officials While the tax payers
Of nearly all the counties in the State
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TnE new election law was passed
in such haste, to meet the necessities
of the February elections, that al
ready propositions to amend it have
become necessary. Thus, Senator
Warfcl, Of Lancaster, has introduced
bill declaratory of the law and
amending it by striking out the Coun'
" Commissioners and inserting the
Prothonotaries of the court Of Com.
mon Pleas, so that the said board
before whom the said returns are tC
he counted, in those counties where
there is no resident judge, shall b'
the Register Of Wills, the Sheriff, ant
the Prothonotarv.
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SoNE of the letter writers Iron
Harrisburg are putting Gov. Hart
ranft forward as a candidate for Pres.
ident 10 succeed General Grant. We
nrotest: Governor Hartranft has beer
50 clear in his present Office, that We
cannot afford to spare him. Anothe'
term Of four years viii add national
reputation TO his civic fame, rlpen
and mature his craftsmanship, bring
him TO the prime Of life, and fully
fit him for the higher honors that the
fnture doubtless has in store for him
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Raid ON a Distifiery

New York, February ll.-Th,
revenue officers, with government
troops, raided on an Illicit distillery
on Barren island last night. The,
found a number Of workingmen, who
all denied the ownership of the con
cern also forty-five barrels of first
class wbiskey, which were seized
i schooner laying close at hand,
was found 10 contain several hogs.
heads of molasses. Thc vessel and
cargo were seized, Fifty thousand
gallons of mash were applied into TIE
sea and the tubs destroyed. The
machinery, which was in good work.
ing order, was removed to Fort
asnilton, and the building fired and
DESTROYED.
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are groaning under q burthen oil debt
ann lally increasing, our people can can
noipt with satisfaction 10 the Tact,
that as a county, they pay a; they
90 and owe no man anything. This
speaks volumes in favor # tn pru-
dencc and integrity with which our
county Offices are managed and enti-
ties our Commissioners, past and
present, to commendation as honest
and faithful public servants, If they
are a little slow. and given to the
useless accrction Of money in the
Treasury.
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CURRNET NOTES.

\ prosperous merchant has for his
motto, Early to bed and early to
rise never get tight and advertise ="
State Printer Singerly is about to
dispose If his printing material and
presses here to the Eewly elected
printer b. F. Myers.
When the jury returned verdict
that John Jackson, of Green-R hay
was guilty of burglary, Mr. jackson
rose qn and said, ".'.i beI hundred
dollars | ain't.n
An Indiana Reform candidate de-
nOunces tho administration ''for taking
the tax OF pianers, wat we don't use
and keepiH' it en- whiskey wat we
do.n
This engagement was lr ken of.
\ young man in the wilds of Nevada
bought a dress pattern for his fiance
and a pair of new flannel pantaloons
for himself and-hc delivered the
wrong bundle.
An old miser in Indiana county
boarded several hundred dollars in
greenbacks under an old barrel, and
when ne went for !. be found the
mice had gone through il nicely.
The moral to which is. let your
money circulate and don't stow il
away.
\ Greensburg German had the
misfortune recently to loose his bet
ter half. 4 kind friend called on
him to sympathiZa with him. But
the German cut his friends laohry-
NOSE speech very short with-"Oh
dat is nadding; we must look over
dem leetle dings -
\ woman in Worcester. Mass
whose building was set on fire and
damaged by Lightning, has recovered
damages from the lightning rod COM
pany, whose agent, when fixing the
rods in the baildipg, guaranteed pro-
teeliou.
4 man in Hartford has stopped bis
newspaper because his name was
printed in a list of advertised letters
and his wife, happening to sec i, first
went and got it for him and found il
was from a young lady, who com
planned that he didn't meet her at
Worcester, as he promised
The IFhig devil smoeks. So we
asked him the other dav the question
oil the moral refogmers; ".iohny. WHY
rs II that none of the brute creation
use tobacco 7" because they don't
know enough he answered; and
the same Satan says he can get away
with all such questions as that with
out taking the pipe out OF his mouth.
Troy Hhfg.
4 lady in Poughkeepsie found a
little girl in the street crying bitterly
and asked her where she was eoing.
she was 50 small to be out alone.
Down town 70 lind my papa"
w hat IS your fathers name ?'' in
qaired the lady. Ills name is papa. .
But what does your mother call
him" She call, him papa" What
DO yop want Of your papa" Il only !
want to kiss him. Just then sis |
ter of the child who was SEARCHING
for her came aud took possession OF
the little runaway, and told the pitt |
tul story that the ehild's father. whom
1t dearly loved, had died recentIy /
and slie being tired of waiting had I
gone out to look for him
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-02-18
a Novel Convention of the Deaf and
Dumb

Perhaps the most novel in charac-
ter Of all the conventions held during
the past season was that Of the teach
crs Of the deaf and dumb, held in
Worcester, Mass, last Saturday. II
was the first of the kind ever attempt
cd in this country, was largely atten-
ded, and proved a surprising success.
The special subject for consideration
was the recntly-introdnced system OF
teaching articulation, orvisibe speech
to the deaf and dumb, which was
thoroughly explained by DIR. \. Gra-
ham Bell, of BOstcn, son of the inven-
tor. The plan was devised by DR.. \.
Melville Bell, Of Edinburg, in lS49.
Il proposes the representation OF
sounds, not as in the actual alphabets
by arbitrary sounds, but by actual
symbolic illustrations OF the action
Of the vocal organs. 1t was intro
duced in this country two years a. 20,
and has already come into general
use at many Of the institutions. The
pupils are shown the position and
action Of the vocal organs required
for the articulation Of certain sounds
and the symbols are made as closely
as possible to represent these dia-
grams. All languages are of course.
written or spoken in one plphabet.
1t was decided to hold another con
vention before next June
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= washington county man threat
ens 10 bring snit against young farm.
or who persists in sitting up with his
daug hter Sunday nights till 4 O'Clock
ia the morning The stern par
cntciaims, first, that the following day
being wash-day, bis gal amt OF no
account; second, that If they would
only use two chairs, the one they do
Use would ret cost so much for re-
pairs -.
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The House bill repeating the
Csury laws was postponed until Fri.
lav week.
Adjourned.
SENATE.
HARRISBURG. Fcbruaryl2-Tbc sin.
gerly Printing bill occasioncd con-
siderable debate The total amount
to be allowed under the bill was
$3l, 900.
The Judiciary Apportionmcnt bill
was then taken up, when Mr. Wal
lace offered several amendments.
The. debate waved warm, with Mr..
Strang on the other side Adjourned
ti!i tomorrow.
The bill on cntailments,accup a the
morning hour. Mr.. Christy opposed
and Mr.. Little favored the bill, which
was passed to second reading.
The judicial Salary bill was called
up. Mr.. Ncwmyer moved to enforce
his ten minute rule for speeches.
Mr.. Wccb opposed the bill.
At the afternoon session one
amendment after another was voted
on, and the entire afternoon was spent
on it, Messrs. Mccormick, Newmyer
and Christy supporting, and Messrs,
Webb, Wolfe and Ramey opposing
ii.
The bill got into such mix that
a motion was made TO recommit IL 10
the General Judiciary Committee.
Not agreed 10.
SENATE.
HARRIsBURG, Feb. l3.-Thc bill
for the relief of the State Printer fail
ed by sixteen TO ten.
HOUSE.
Mr.. HAYS reported Senate bill No.
333, "Act authorizing change of venue
in criminal eases" with Il negative
recommendation for the reason that
the House bill on the same subject is
much more complete.
Mr.. Christy reported iavorabIy
from the General Judiciary Commit
tee the Act to provide for the lawful
increase Of the Indebtedness Of any
county, city, borough, township,
school district or other municipality
or incorporated district, in accor-
dance with the provisions of the new
Constitution.
Mr.. Newmyer, introduced careful
ly prepared bill, providing for the
election of a Lieutenant Governor,
defining the duties aad fixing the
salary at $1,000; also one appropri-
ating $4,000 to the 'Sheltering
Arms of Allegheny county, and for
the Deaf and Dumb Asylum
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Another vs,ssoy seracr.

CSoISNAFI, Ohio, Feb. l0.-in a
whiskey quarrel at OSgood, Indiana,
last night, Joshua Mitchell killed
his step-son, Emmett Vandever, strik-
ng him on the head with an axe and
then shooting him.
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DISTRIBUTED rs FOLLOWS:

we the undersigned Auditors Somerset County Ia Common
do certify that in pursuance Of tie 4Ith section
IN Act relating to the counties and Wnshp &c
TON gay o April 1884, the Commission the
somerset on the 9th day ot January, lst aud did audit adj
Tue several accounts required of US by law asreeaby to h
ments and abilities
In witness whereof hereuno el.r hands a the o
tins 10th day of January 4. D. 1914
ATTEST: GFoRGp KJNNFI. r.. 81
ELIAS CVNNNGHAM JACOB j SPEICIER II +
CLERK. JOHN ATU AN j. WELLER Il"
C,unv AulcrN
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We, the undersigned Auditors of County
that in pursuance Of the 4h section @
10 the counties and townships &c passed the 18th day April %
we met N the Commissioners Office in the borough M
day OF January 1874 and did audit adjust and
Roberts Esq Treasurer of Somerset county with the
1913 and that said account stated and thar fad @
due tie said county from the said Treasurer thousand
dred and eghtyfOu dollars and cents
In testimony whereof we have hcreunto hands and seals @
day of January, A. d. 1874
ATTEST GEO A. kIMAIEI. IT, 81
ELIAS CuSNNGHAM, JACOB j. SPEICHER. .L>-
Ccrk. JONATHAN J. WELLER D. ,
,,-v Nrlr
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WE observe that the committee on
the arrangement of the Capitol al
Harrisburg are urged to newly and
comnactlv furnish the Legislative
chambers so as to make them accom-
nodntc the increased Legislators.
If they can put two hundred mem
l,crs of the House into the same space
now occupied by one hundred, they
will have 10 be packed like sardlnes
in n box.
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.XECUT0R'S SALE.

TSc undersigned will expcsc to sl-, 'n
SATURDAY FEBRUARY - -
ati o'eiaak, On the premises. ne 10 I,,
Estate situlsc in the Borough oi De- g.p.
property oC William lmEoA ot -, ia b. 8
decd. enc lot OF ground aelo,a.H- IN, y.
Snyder On the West. hacR Stgces S.1fa.
alley On the Street @. ,. ~ s..-. ),
Ing thereon erected a onc-and-H i'"''
sith Kitchen attached; .h, q. Jls
TrRgs.-- 90 payable On Ihs me n ann
April. 1S7A with interest, % he ...s-.,,,. -.
prem i4cs Balance in cash aiter com go, "'
ssie IOSEPH INH0fhf,rr
DANIEL J. BRt, 81 III' p,,'
E,vefufo~s oi u IT.
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EXECUToR'S NOTICE.

f-sVA'e OF Jonas Hoover, late Of Qncma aheplrt, N,
deceased i
i+stteIs documentary on the above estate havir,,
Deen granted to the undersigned by the prorer -.
!, % notice Is hereby given to those debte, to
calns againt 1t TO present them dnIv
ior settlement on Saturday The mn dav oi
march, 1874, at the late resileace Of sail Jeeea,
,,ras DANIEL a. WEAVER,
S~s Exersfor
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DUBLIC SALE

viii sell a. public sale, on Salafi-i Sala,l.,i l. "a
is,a two lots Il, the town OF I.'slnsa -, ~, Is
soath side OF the Turnpike road, li,-, o1nel
John Thompson and Alex. Cann'ITis iiifiiF'iRRINd
Mary Herring. Ei'l'A
iaH9S
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scendod from Adam,
FASHION CHANGES.
Fashion is Gckle and its slave.
obedicnt. If Fashion decrces 'on,
nets ten feet high, ten feet hiri would
be worn, and should fast@n decree
bonnets as fat as as.ie disii, these
would be worn. F'r several years
the fashion in st5es has been abso-
lutely cruel fhc shoe was made as
narrow az the foot-the sole much
narrovcr than the upper, and the
bnci-lIeavens!, two inches was
eommon and three not uncommon,
and it was set almost in the centre
of the foot. Walking could only be
accomplished with pain; with such
shoes corns, and bunions were
multiplied fearfully. But fashion
has blundered into q good thing for
once. The new shoe, which very
fashionable women in New York
must wear, is square-toed; the sole
projects beyond the uppers and the
heel is not only broad but is OF a
proper length, and set where a heel
ought to be set. This is shoe that
a woman can walk in and enjoy 1t.
How eagerly the little dears must
have looked for the coming home OF
the first pair of the new style! With
what feeling of relief they must
have flung into the street the high
heeled, narrow-soled tortures that
they had endured SO long. How
like little lambs they must have leap:
cd and frisked in their new freedom!
This act of emancipation will bring
nigh as much happiness to the
world as that of Lincoln. The CHR
opodists las the corn-doctors style
themselves) will mourn, but there
will be rejoicing in the feminine
world
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Y MS.

4 society has beOn organized in
the city.-for what? Why to pro,
mote the consumption ofruts as food!
One enthusiast AYERS that as COM
pared with rats, squirrels, rabbits
and chickens are diminutiyc tuteTs.
The Parisians ate them during the
seige, and rat was pronounced good
eating. People copld live cheaply
in New York if they could only come
TO liking rodents. PIETRo.
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THE KETTLE DRUM

is the last folly of this most foolish
city. Do you want to know what a
kettle drum is? We'll, lady invites
her friends to her house from four to
six p. NJ. Tea is made by the hos
tess in the parlor and each lady
takes a cup thereof to the gentleman
who she prefers. If he says Sugar,
please" she remains with him
if not she leaves him. She can
only offer tea 70 one gentleman.
Now it will almost happen that some
one gentleman will have no tea offer
ed him. The hostess provides a
kettle drum in q corner of the parlor,
and this lucklcss wight must go to
that drum and beat it, not loudly,
throughout the entertainment, or un-
til later unfortunate relieves him.
The rub-a-dub of the drGm makes
enough noise to enable the couples
properly mated to indulge in all the
soft talk they desire without being
overheard, and the lCcsless drum
mer makes an excellent butt for all
the small wits present. The tea IS
taken through straws, rs male drink
ers in saloon. take COOLERS and julips.
BY the way. Russian tea is the vari-
ety offered at these entertainments.
Russia tea is the ordinary tea, with
a slice of lemon added to each cup.
How long this absurd thing will last
nc one knows, but it is all the rage
now. Frivolous New York has to have
something new which is not profound
enough TO require thought, all the
time. The spectacle of a full-grown
man beating a kettle drum for two
aoa.s is one of exceptional sublimity.
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ASHTON cHANGF

supper on four cents! And 2il de-
seended from Adami
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several School Districts
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4.y a-!r 4iiannl CXolerlts1ls ..-HH 60 .''
icatUrs ior 1871 AMI t>.2. ....--.-.... .-.... :
by additional commissions a,i'Pf- ,...
lcctors Tor ISL aal lN13--...-.-.-.-.---
BY cxcnorution- e!,.wes. collectors -t
1875. ..--....-.. .......-..--...-
BY commissions allowed collectors .-
1873.
!3y amount ei outstanding Ilcsinr !,
By Treasurcr's commission ou 80 e. o.
one per CCEt. -----.
By haLuec IN hanis oi Treasure '--
I the several school b.>tT.c.s.-.--..----
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SENATE.

HARGIsBrRG, February l0.-Mr.
Rutan called up Mr.. Warfal's Flee
ton bill and had his amendment,
substituting clerks Of courts for pro-
thonotaries, adopted and the bill
passed finally.
Senator Graham presented re-
monstrance signed by a majority OF
the insuraEes agents of Pittsburgh,
against the new Insurance oiii ghlah
renders it obligatory on the compa-
nies to keep their surplus i'll ready
cash and not in mortgages.
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PIE COMMERCE OF KEW ToRk

fftt tph tE a A-fF TALh
The merchants Of New York arc in
sore trouble. The fact is,the export
ing of grain from this city is growing
small by degrees and beautifully less.
Montreal is taking it on one side, and
Baltimore and Philadelphia on the
other. For instance the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad and the Pennsylvania
Central have both reached out TO
Toledo, the second grain market ofthe
coun,ry-thc latter having built a
branch to that city-and large pro-
portion of the enormous quantity of
grain gathered at Toledo has been
diverted to these points. Then To-
ledo has got into the habit Of sending
another moity of her grainto Montre-
al, for the Montrealers deal libeFaily
and fairly with the forwarders. A
vessel loaded with grain from Tolc-
do, soy goes direct to Montreal, where
it is unloaded into English vessels,
with no charge except for handling,
and that cnarge being reasonable.
Now New York has no facilities,
and no system. Grain has TO be
handled in trucks and loaded by all
sort: Of primitive appliances, and be-
sides there are charges piled upon
charges from the time it strikes buf-
falo till it gets upon ship-board.
In Buffalo il has to be taken from
vessels into eleyators, and charges
are loaded on it for eleyatipg, insu-
rance and re-loading into canal-boats.
Then comes the toll on the canal,
and then in New York the charges
for unloading, insurance, carting hand
ling and reloading. 1t is easy to see
why grain avoids this route as much
as possible.
The Cheap Transportation Associa-
ton of New York are trying TO bet
ter this condition of thipgs. Their
Committee on Terminal Facilities
recommended the construction of
warehouses Of large capacity along
the water front to which freight may
be taken by a double-track railway,
and from which it may be shipped
without carriage Several plans for
effecting this are discussed. 1t is
claimed by the cemmitto that time,
and loss by weather and
thief. viii thus be saved. The cstab-
lishment OF grain elevators on the
river fronts of New York and Jersey
City isalso urged, and of large ware
houses for storing and buying and
selling cotton. This is well enough
as far as it goes, but it is not enough
to hold the trade for New York.
The Erie Canal ought to be enlarged
so as to admit boats of twice TIE pres
ent capacity and it should be kept
free 10 ell, without tolls. Then grain
should be loaded from the lake to
thc boats, without paying tribatc to
Buffalo, This, with the improve
ments mentioned above, will restore
the trade to New York and nothing
else will.
RATS.
A society has beon organized in
the city.-ior what? Why to pro,
mote the consumption ofrats as food!
a Al