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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-11-11
ILLINOIS.

CHICAGO, November 6.-The Tri-
bune this morning gives the complex
ion of the next Legislature as fol-
lows: Senate-Republicans 25; Dem
ocrats %; Independents, 3. House
Republicans, 81; Democrats. Ga; In
dependents, %.
The Inter Ocean says: 1t is likely
that the Opposition and Independent
Reformefs combined will have a ma
jority of one in the State Senate.
Two of the districts, from which no
returns are received, are doubtful,
and may have elected Republicans,
in which ease the majority will be
Republican. The returns from two
thirds of the Legislative districts
show a net loss for the Republicans
of eleven in the lower House, but
it is probable that they will retain a
majority in.this branch and also a
majority on joint ballot, should a
joint session at any time become
necessary. So far it appears proba-
bic that Ridgeway, Republican, is
elected State Treasurer, and Etter,
Democrat, Superintendent of Public
instruction.
Hurlbut, Republican, has q MAORI
ty in the Fourth district of 992.
Farwell, Republican, is said to have
100 majority, in the Third district
The official canvass of the election in
this county will not be made till Non
dav
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-11-11
VIRGINIA.

RICHMOND November, 4-The
Conservatives have certainly elected
Walker to Congress in the Third dis
trict, Tucker in the Fifth, Harris in
the Seventh, Hunter in the Eighth,
and Terry in the Ninth. The Re-
publicans have elected Stowell in
the Fourth district. The result in
the First district is in doubt, and the
election of Sener, Republican, and
Douglass, Conservative, in that dis
tr:ct, is claimed by both parties. Re-
turns from all counties, except four,
in the Second district, give Goode,
Conservative, 100 majority. The
four counties unheard from gave
Hughes, Republican, for Governor
last year, 734 majority. The pros
poets are that Goode is elected, but
foil returns will be required to deter
mine. In the Fifth district the cleo
ton of Cabell, Conservative, is
claimed, over Thomas, Republican
The counties in the district are 50 re-
mote that it is hard to get full re-
turns, which will probably be needed
to settle the question. The Conser-
NATIVES here claim that they have
certainly elected six out of the nine
Congressmen-a gain of two.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-11-11

BosToN, November 4.-Gast0n.
Democrat, for Governor Of Massachu.
sets, is elected by a plurality OF
1871.
Bufinton, Republican, is elected in
the First district by APO; Harris,
Republican, in the Second, by $50;
Pierce. Republican, in the Third, by
3,072; Frost, Republican, in the
F~Ourth.by 80; Banks, independently
the Fifth. by 1888; Thompson, Dem
ocrat, in the Sixth, by 912; Tarbox,
Democrat, in the Seventh, by l,470;
Warren, Democrat, in the Eighth, by
574; Hoar, Republican, in the Ninth,
by 4S7; Seeley, Independent Repub-
lican, in the Tenth, by $50; Chaplin,
Democrat, in the Eleventh by $40.
The Legislature, which is largely
opposed to Prohibition, will stand.
~Senate-Republicans, Is, Democra ats
l9, House-Repnblicans, Isl, Dem
ocrats, IS.
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NEW JERSEY.

Judge Bedle, Democrat, is elected
Governor by about 5000 majority.
The State Senate stands as last year,
each party gain and lose me-. The
Republican majority is seven. The
House stands 80 Democrats to 81
Republicans. The Democrats gain,
over last year, eleven on joint ballot.
The Legislature is Democratic by
eleven majority, and will elect an
United States Senator to succeed
John p. Stockton.
The Congressman elected in New
Jersey are: First district, Clement
H. ~Sinnickson, Republican; Second
district, Samuel A. Dobbins, Repub-
lican, (~re-electedD Third district,
Miles Ross, Democrat; Fourth dis
trict, Robert Hamilton, Democrat,
(re-electedD Fifth district, Augustus
w. Cutler, Democrat; Sixth district,
+. II. Teese, Democrat; Seventh dis
trist, Aug. A. Hsrdenburg, Demo-
crat.
Bedle's majority for Governor is
$4,000.
PATERSON, n. j., November A.
Bergen county the inspectors Of
election threw out Is ballots for
VIM" contraction Of William Wal
ter Phelps, and 40 for W. w. PhelpI
Including these GO ballots Phelps is
reelected by IL majority.
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The muraerous nra~.ons

We have already given some de-
tails Of the tragedy near Anderson.
Indiana, ia which Mrs. Mawson
murdered her son Albert, and threw
his body 10 the wei, subsequently
committing suicide. BY the follow
ing it viii be seen that the Mawsons
were another Bender family:
For many Yeas the Mawson fami-
" have been a terror to tho neighbor-
hood in which they resided. Mrs.
Mawson is believed to have murder.
ed two children by her FIRST husband,
then to have made way with their
father. A dark suspicion hung over
her at the time, but no clue could be
gained sufficient to warrant her ar
rest. Eight years ago a man By the
name of Ho2pas was killed only a
few feet from the well into which
Albert Mawson was thrown and BY
his side was a sassasras club With
which be was struck.
A man by the name Of White was
found guilty Of the murder and hang
ed. although be maintained his in-
nocerce to the last. Three years
ago, when Mrs Mawson's second bus
band died, it IS said, be confessed
that he murdered Hoppas. aud that
White was innocent. 1t is believed
that MaNson himself was poisoned
by his wife. 10 the evening be vas
as well and strong as usual, but sthe
next morning be found it convenient
to die before any of his neigbbors
were up.
Last spring Mrs. Mawson's eldest
daughter gave birth 10 an illegitimate
child, and killed it by choking it to
death. She left for parts unknown.
About two months ago the skeleton
of a man was found at the bottom Of
what was formerly a pond OF water
on the Mawson farm. and was identi-
fed as that of an old bachelor hermit
who lived in the vicinity. bat who
disappeared very suddenly about a
year ago.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-11-11
MICHIGAN.


DETRoIr, November 5.-Returns
received by the Free Press, up to
this time, for all bat thirteen small
counties. give Bagley, Republican,
for Governor, q majority Of 1922
In the Eighth Congressional district
the vote is exceedingly close. with
the chances in favor of Bradley, Re-
publican, by from IS TO 100 MAORI
ty.
The Congressmen-elect and their
majorities, partly estimated arc: VIII
liams, Democrat, First district, 1000;
Second district, Waldron, Republican
700; Third district, Willard, Repub-
lican, 1900; Fourth district, Potter,
Independent, 200; Fifth district. VII
Hams, Republican, 500; Sixth district
Durant 1890 Seventh district, Con
ger, Republican, 1900; Eighth dis
tricts, Bradley. Republican, doubtful,
claimed by botn parties. There " as
no opposition to Hubbell in the Ninth.
Except the Governor. the Republican
State tiekes has perhaps three or four
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TENNESSEE.

KNOXVILLE, November SIN the
First Tennessee districs Mcfarland,
Democrat, for Congress, has 1900
majority-a Democratic gain of ) 600.
In the Second district the Republi-
cans have 400 majority-a Demo-
cratic gain of 996O. In the Third
District Dibbrell, Democrat, has f.
600 majority Democratic gain of
5000.
In the First Congressional district,
Mcfarland is elected over r. B. But
Ter by 1000 majority, thus making the
Tennessee delegation nine to one in
the next Congress. The Legislature
stands twenty-three Democrats and
two Republicans in the Senate, and
six or seven Republicans in the
House. The Democratic majority
for Governor will be between 40, 900
and $4,000.
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A BIoody Fight I'm Alabama.

BUFAULA, ALA, November IA
riot occurred here at the polls to-day
at noon, originating in the attempt
by a negro to whip another negro for
voting the Democratic ticket. The
assailant drew a pistol. The result
was that three negroes were killed,
and four MORALLY, seven seriously
and eight slightly wounded-one
white mortally; one seriously and
three slightly wounded. Five or six
hundred shots were fired.
Six whites were wounded, one of
them, William Keith: mortally Three
negroes we're killed outright. and, as
far as heard from, thirty-four were
wounded-ten to fifteen mortally.
Since the fight FIVE have died, aud
three or four more will die during
the night. Several whites went to
the assistance of the negro who had
voted the Conservative ticket, when
u Of his assailants drew a pistol on
the whites. In an instant a general
fire from the whites and blacks COM
meneed, which the latter stood for
a second or two, and Their gave
way.
There were probably five hundred
shots fred by both sides, the MAORI
ty being by the whites. The negroes
came in from the country armed with
pistols, heavy clubs, w~heel-spokes,
&c, and were very aggressive upon
these of their color who voted he
Democratic ticket. For a few sec
onds after the firing ceased the ne
groes began to mass for a renewal of
the fight, but seeing that the whites
were arming to receive them they
again scattered, and quiet was soon
restored.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-11-11
Great polI.leal Dem ON. ,rs,lon.


RICHMOND, November 6.-The
grandest political demonstration that
has ever been Witnessed in Richmond
is now progressing under the auspi-
ces of the combined conservative
clubs of the city in honor of the ire
mendous political revolution which
has swept over the country, and es-
pecially the signal triumph of conser-
vatism in Virginia. The populace
is wild with excitement. An i'm
procession is parading the
streets, eannons are being fired, tar
balls thrown and q grand display OF
FIRE works. Large crowds, number
ing from 10000 to Is 600 people, are
gathered in front of Ford's hotel,
where speeches are being made.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-11-11
KENTUCKY

LOUISVILLE, November 4-The
Courier Journal returns show the
election of a full Democratic delega-
ton from Kentucky. In the Fist
district Boone beats Pickett, Reprb-
lican, and Turner Independent by a
large majority. In the Second dis
trict John Young Brown is reelected
by about 5000, over Weir, Repubii-
can, and Smith, Independent Ia the
Third district MiIliken is reelected
by an increased majority over CORN,
Republican, and Butler, colored. In
the Fourth district j. Proctor Knott
is elected by about2 900 majority over
Hill Independent. In the Fifth
Oouisville) district Prisons beat the
two Independent candidates by Eve
to one. In the Seventh, Blackburn
has 5000 majority over Marshall, In
dependent. In the Eighth district
Durham is reelected witbou; oppo-
sition. Returns from the ninth dis
trict indicate the election Of Cocker
ell by 1000 majority over White. Re-
publican, In the Tenth CLARK has
800 majority over Means, Repub-
lican. sae uie
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-11-11
How a For { Ine Is Made Through Rux.
Ing and Selling Females.

there IS a nan ia this city, saws
The New York Sun. who is amass;n0
a handsome fortune BY buying and
selling pennies, two and three cents
pieces, aud Eve cent niekels n
many Of the newspaper Offices news
depots, ferry Offices. retail honses
where cheap gosds are sold. bakeries
aud other places she accumulation Of
small e0in very often becomes so
large as TO be cumbersome. Il can
not be disposed Of, for coin is so plea-
ty that customers object to taking it
IN change in any great quantity. and
ia business houses where It is needed
the regular sources Of supply are al
ways ample. The coin might be
sent to the Philadelphia Mint for re-
demPtion, but the requirements Of
the redemption department are
enough to discourage any business
man. To send pennies to the mint
they must first be sorted. and wrap-
ped 10 packages Of FIVE dollars each.
Coin OF each separate mtntaee must
be put together. Il will not do to
mix the old-tashioned coppers with
the bright or bronze-cOlored Diekels
nor C al a two or ~three-cent piece be
mixed with the pennies. II they are
packed in this way they are not even
counted ct the Mint. bat are shipped
back 20 the sender without DELAY or
notice Of any kind The law also
preseribes that the coins shall be
packed in iron-bound boxes. and
shipped at sender's expense. As
coins are heavy, the cost Of transpor-
tation is considerable. The officials
count The money at their leisure. and
sometimes The sender does not hear
rom his consignment in nearly a year
be thus loses the use of his mopev
for that length of time. This COM
bination Of vexatious details prevents
those who have an accumulation of
coin from sending it to the mint. and
and it seems as though the officials
at Philadelphia intended that thew
should not be troubled with it.
Every day a man rides to the
newspaper and other Offices 10 a bu0.
gy, and buys the coin which has
been taken in from the news bovs
and the customers. For the pennies
aud twO-eent pieces he paws ninety.
seven cents a hundred, and for the
three and ive-eent nickels be gives
ninety-uine cents for a dollars worth
The sellers are glad to dispose Of the
coins at this discount. The man
then rides to about the only trades
men in the citywhc desire a quantity
OF pennies-the pawnLrokers-and to
them be sells the coins at par. taking
their notes for three months in pay
ment.
The pawn brokers who have shops
among the poorer classes say that
they need small denominations of
fractional eurreDcy or coin. as many
Of their loans do not exceed ten or
fifteen cents. Many poor persons
pawn their articles of wearing an
parel or trinkets only when driven to
do so by the want Of q single meal Of
food, and such are not particular as
TO the denomination of the money
they receive. The pawnbrokers give
their notes without interest, thereby
gaining the use Of the money for three
months.
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KANSAS.

AToHEsoN, November 5.-Returns
from 80 Legislative districts elect so
Republicans, 10 Reformers, 8 Demo-
Gratis, 2 Independent Republicans
and one on local issues. OF the 20
districts not heard from, Is viii prob
ably elect Republicans. This will
give the Republicans about two-thirds
of the Lower House. Ofthe 33 SEN
ators chosen, the Republicans elect
20 aad the Opposition 10. Three
districts not heard from.
Topeka, KANSAS, November o.
Returns received from sixty-two
counties insure the election of 0s-
borne by a majority of over 10000.
Toppin, candidate for State Treas
urer, will be nearly 5000 behind his
ticket, but is elected by a majority of
1000. Browns majority in the Sec
ond district is 3, 400, as far as heard
from, and viii be increased. Goodin's
majority in the Second district will
be less than 1000. Osborne's major
ity for Governor two years ago was
$1,000. Last year, when there was
no general election anil no State tick.
ct in the field, the Opposition carried
the State by about 5000 majority. 2
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-11-11

WI congratulate the Republicans
of Somerset County upon the splen-
did record they made for themselves
on Tuesday last. Faithful among
the faithlcss, their devotion to prin-
ciple and to party stands as a con-
spicuous example of fidelity, proudly
to be referred to, amid disaster
throughout the State. No other eoun-
~ 10 the Commonwealth so truly at
tested her Republican fealty- WINE
others wavered, or were lukewarm'
or were led sstray by the ignis istuus
cry for change, ''1be Republicans OF
this county. too intelligent to De mis-
led. too astute to be deceived, too
well posted to be carried away BY an
nusory CRY of reform remembering
+ba garpered fruits of the rebellion,
and forgetting not the past history Of
the Democratic party, steadfasty ad-
bered to their principles, and so cast
their ballots as to have themselves
properly represented in the legisla-
tive halls Of the State and Nation.
All honor to the stannch and true
Republicans of Somerset County J
When disaster comes, as it surely
will come, through Democratic hos
'tfIity to wholesome legislation, they
can proudly point to this record and
truthfully assert, Thou ean'st not
saw / did it."
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oUR sEw o LETTER.
NV York, November, 6, 1874.
POLITICAL.

rs
NEw York, November, 6, 1874.
POLITICAL.
The feeling 10 the political circles
is waxing warm. The eyerses that
the Republican party met with with
in Ohio and Indiana. in October,
have alarmed the Republican bodies
10 New York, and the hardest posi-
bic work is being done to save the
Empire State from the grasp If the
Unsuitable Democracy. In the city
the gaters are being vexed fearfully.
Meetings are being held every night,
professions are moving through the
streets every day, and money is be-
ing spent water. WIeKHAa the
Tammany Democratic nominee for
Mayor, is = tulerably decent maa,
but be has the tainl OF Tammany on
him 50 strong that all the best peo-
pie are anxious for his defeat. Or
TESDoRFER. the -Tammany cam
is the proprietor of the Stats
/eituR9. the leading Democratic Ger
man paper. Salem II. Wales the
Reppblieap candidate Is Gne of the
editors Of the Scientific american.
WIeKHAN viii be elected,
though OTTgsp0RFEa's candidacy
will take a very large Democratic
vote. as he ought The deeeRt De-
mocracy viii not support wiekham,
not because OF anything objsetiona-
bic ia the man, but because Of his
Surroundings. The good people Of
New Yon are very properly averse
10 any map who Is backed by the
r~ammanyites, for TammaBy has but
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-11-11

ST. PAUL, November 2.--James
Lick and his wife were attacked on
the street last night By George
Lauehtenschlager ard George Rapp
and wife, who had evidently been "
ing in wait for ii EN-. Mrs. Lick was
brutalIy murdered on the spot.
Mrs. Rapp and her husband thea at
tackled Mr.. Lick, the former being
armed with 4 knife aud the latter
with a timers soldering iron, and af-
ter knocking him PROSTATE, they
placed him face downwards in a
small creek, and Rapp stood on him
to hold bis face in the water uHtiI be
was strangled- Fhey Were Enlightened
OF by approaching footsteps, and
Lick was picked up inssnsiblc. and
may yet die from shis wounds. -All
the assailants were captured.
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Bank Robbery.

PARIS, ONT, Nov. 5-A daring
attempt to rob the Bank of British
North America was made early this
morning. -Four masked men entered
Manager Csrnegie's residence, OBJ
tanned the keys Of the bank and bound
and gagged the whole family, with
the exception OF the eldest son, who
gave the alarm, arousing the neigh
bors. The burglars fed without en-
tering the bank. Three men, giving
the names of Cornelius Mulligan, Da-
vid McMasters and James Carroll,
were arrested this morning on suspi-
cion- At the preliminary trial to-day
Carnegie's nurse girl identified Me-
Masters as one of the BURGERS, he
having dropped bis masked while
oaggiug her.
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ALABAMA.

MONTGOMERY, November 5.-Tbe
Democratic majority in the State is
not less than 1000. The result in
the First Congressional district is
Doubtful. HARRISON, colored, Repub-
licaD, has been scratched to q consid-
cradle extent. He is beaten by Brom-
berg. liz the Second district, Will
liams, Democrat, has a majority Of
1 1000 over Rapier, colored, Repnbli-
can. In the Third district, Bradford,
Democrat, beats Belts about 5000.
In the Fourth district, Hays, Repnb-
has 5000 majority. The race
in the Fifth and Sixth districts was
between Democrats. In the former
Caldwell beats Sheffield; in the latter
Hewitt beats Sloss, present incum-
bent, by about 1000 majority. The
majority on joint ballot in the Legis-
viii be 20.
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DIabolieal murder ln c~lssInna,l.


CINCINNATI, November S.-A most
brutal, revolving and mysterious muir
der was committed at the tannery of
Henry Freiburg, on Livingston
street, some time between ten O'Clock
last night end day light this morning.
Ono OF the workmen yeat to the tan
merry this morning and looking iaic
the boiler furnace observed upon the
hale e1asgWed Ere the body Of man,
the arms and legs, 0f which were
burned "a. Herman schiiling, 3
workman at the tannery, who slept
there at light, was missing. The
body was extracted and identified as
that of SchilliDg. In the stable were
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-11-11

A FEW thank God / am bettel
than thou" Republicans in Pitts
burgb, undertook to prove their vir-
tue and attest their Independence Of
ring nominations" by whipping poor
old Jim 0nslow for the Legislature.
Result-Defeat of Negley and Bsyne
for Congress and Of the State ticket
the branding as hypOcritical all their
professions in favor Of protection. and
the consequent continued depression
Of all their business interests, with no
probability Of a resumption until after
the next Presidential election. Ex-
perience teaches q dear school, but a
certain class Of people. says the
adage, will learn in no other.
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FULL returns have not yet been
received from this State, but it is ap-
parent that the Democrats have car
ried it by a small majority, Latta be-
ing elected Lieutenant Governor by a
majority ranging from three thousand
to FIVE thousand votes. The Repub-
licans owe this disaster to their own
negligence. They are not beaten by
the increased strength Of their adver-
saries, bat by the failure to poll their
own vote. Allegheny County, or
Philadelphia, could either Of them
have more than doubled the vote ne
cessary to defeat the Democratic tick
ct. The fact that their victory was
not caused by Democratic strength,
but through Republican detection is
freely admitted by the leading organs
of that party in the State, though the
penny trumpets will exultantly whis-
tie over the "great Democratic vic
tory"
OF course scores Of local motives
contributed to this Republican disas-
ter, but the main source of the disaf-
lection arose from causes springing
out of the financial crisis, history but
repeating itself in the fact that the
party in power always suffers from
the financial difficulties of the coun-
try, whether responsible for them or
not.
The Congressional delegation from
this State will probably stand 10 Re-
publicsns to IL Democrats the State
Senate % Republicans to % Demo
Gratis, and the House SO Republicans
to los Democrats, making a Demo
cratic majority of three on joint bal
lot, thus enabling that party to elect
a U. S. Senator 10 succeed Hon. John
Scott.
This defeat in the State is not
pleasant to contemplate, but had it
been caused by bad or unfit nomina-
tons being forced on the party, it
would have been still more unpalata-
bic. The open fact, however, that
the candidates on our State ticket
were infinitely the superiors of their
competitors, and that u Congress
sional candidate was beyond all CON-
parison, and in every particular, best
fitted for the position, and was in po-
liticsl accord with a large n%ajority in
the district, shows that they were
sacrificed to an unreasoning passion,
produced by "hard times" and an
equally unreasoning desire for a
change"
The adage about the solIy Of cry
ing over spilled milk" is precisely ap-
plicable to u present position, and
we do not propose at present to fur
Their illustrate its truth.