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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29
Horrible Explosion nj the standard
oil Works.

CLEVELAND. July ga terrible
explosion occurred at the Standard
| Oil Works, near the Forest Street
crossing Of the Atlantic aud Great
Western Railroad. at an early hour
this moraing. Three men, named
Robert MeDoaa.d. Charles MeFar.aa
and Christ 0sterlin, were engaged in
drawing crude oil from a train Of oil
talks into the reservoirs below by
means Of pipes.
One of the men went to tap one
tanks to open the man-hole, whengas
from the oil ignited from a lantern
the ma carried, exploded with ter
rife force. The men were thrown
some distance from the ears, their
persons covered with burning oil
and surrounded by a mass of flames.
No help could reach them. and not
until the fire had abated were their
crisped remains recovered. Me-
Donald and McFarlan were young
unmarried men; 0sterlin was mar
ried, and was aged ffty-fve. Six ell
tanks exploded one after another,
scattering burning oil in every direc-
ton.
The cover ofthe man-hole was off
the seventh car, and the oil burned
out with out escaping. The oil sheds
along the railroad track were DESTROY
ed, and it was only through the we'll
directed and strenuous efforts of the
fremen and citizens that a wide
spread coniagration was prevented.
Loss about S35, 00O. No insurance.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29

THE medical jury on the celebrat
ed hydrophobia case in New Yorl
agreed that Mccormick came to BIZ
death from hydrophobia, and thaN
he post mortem investigations made
were not of any scientific value in de
termining the pathogeny Of the dis
ease. As a means Of prevention they
recommend that a person bitten by Q
dog or any other animal shall al
once, if the wound is received in q
part where it is proper to practice ex-
eision, have the wounded part thor.
oughly excised, and that the wounds
be allowed 20 bleed for a few mo-
ments in a basin Of warm water, and
finally that the wounds be cauterized
with nitrate Of silver, nitric acid,
%caustic potassa, hot iron Or a burning
coal.
In case a surgeon cannot be found
to practice excelsior the patient should
apply a cord above the wound and
then suck it, provided that he has no
excoriations in his mouth, and at the
first opportunity he shall apply some
one of the ~caustics mentioned above.
At any period prior to the develop
ment Of the disease it viii be proper
TO excise the cicatrix and TO cautcrize.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29
4 Double Homicide.

LOUISVILLE, July pa lnfUrma,
ton has just been received here of a
double homicide in this county last
night. 4 man named Clark was
chopping wood at Worthington, q
small town about twelve miles from
this city, when two men named
Lanston and Belsh suddenly attack
ed him. Lanston drew a pistol and
Clark struck him with an axe, killing
him instantly. Then selling Lans-
toms pistol, he beat Belsh owe the
head with it. crushing in his skull
and ~inficting a fatal wound. He
was arrested, taken before a magis-
trate and acquitted on the ground of
selEdefense. There was an old
grudge between the parties.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29
RTOrnadO.

LOWELL, July ga thunder
storm and hurricane passed over the
city between u and / O'Clock to-day.
demolishing chimneys and flooding
streets and cellars. The damage to
buildings was immense. The steeple
of the First Congregational Church,
on Merrimack street, was blown CON-
pletely off and fell on an adjoining
block and badly shattered the roofs
of houses. Part of the roof of the
Shattuek Street Universalist Church
was blown into the street. 4 large
tree in st. Anne's Church yard was
blown down, demolishing the fence
of the church. Branch Street Church,
n wooden structure, was left in ruins.
The dome of the locomotive house OF
the Boston, Lowell and Nashua
Railroad was carried away. The
high brick chimney Of d & Mel
endez's sawmill was blown down.
Lightning struck the stable of III. p.
Morse, on Merrimack street, shatter-
ing the roof. 1t also struck McLaugh-
Inns opera house, on Market street.
Hundreds Of trees were partially or
totally demolished, chimneys torn to
and other damage done to an
extent which it is impossible to ascer-
tain at. present. The storm is the
worst that Lowell has experienced
for twenty-five years.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29
T-heJeGerson Co. Murder.

Mention has already been made o.
the murder of a man named Henry
Perry in Snyder township, Jefferson
county, by q man named Amzia
Sibley. 1t appears from a statement
in the BrOokeville Republican that
a family difficulty existed between
the parties, an improper intimacy ex-
listed between the wife ofthe murdered
man and Sibley, and that threats of
violence had frequently been made
by Sibley in case any interference was
made with him. On the evening the
crime was committed Sibley passed
Perry's house, when he was hailed by
some members of the family and asked
TO take home some tinware that had
been borrowed to be used while
huckleberrying, and while engaged
in conversation Perry ordered him to
go away, and not talk to his wife,
but he refused TO do so and Perry
coming toward him with a hoe in
hand, he pulled ! revolver from bis
pocket, saying that he would shoot if
Perry came any closer. 1t is not
known whether be made any further
movement to strike Sibley or not,
but the latter fired, the ball taking
effect in the abdomen, passing through
the hip, causing death. Sibley is
still at large.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29
A Shocking Murder.

MATAPEDIAc, QUEBEC, July "a
4 brutal murder was committed in
this neighborhood on Tuesday last.
The victim was q widow named
Merkler, an old resident. Suspicion
points to a Norwegian named FIFTH
kan as the perpetrator. 1t is believ-
ed he murdered her to obtain posses
sion of three hundred dollars, the
proceeds of a farm which be had in
duced her to sell. Fitzikam had been
residing at the murdered woman's
house for some weeks, and was en-
gagged to be married to her. 1t is
supposed be prevailed on her to 90
with him to the woods close bv.
where he murdered and robbed her.
Fitzikam and Mrs. Merkler were
seen leaving the house together, the
former returning alone, and he imme-
diately left the vicinity. As Mrs.
Merkler did not return suspicion was
aroused and a vigorous search insti-
tuted. The body was found yester-
covered with earth and leaves.
bearing marks of severe gashes and
wounds. Fitzikam is believed to
reached Rimooski on Wednes-
day and taken a train for the west.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29
How Elliott Trapped lle Robbers.

RENO, July l4.-Early this morn
ing Elliott, proprietor of the Capitol
Hotel, noticed four suspicious charac-
tiers near his house, and arranged
with Deputy Sheriff Hutton that he
would go and pretend to be drunk and
draw them into a trap. He did so
and the man tried to rob him. Elliot
drew his pistol, when a fight ensued,
and he was wounded in the head, but
shot one of his assailants through the
body and leg and captured another.
The other two ran, followed by, Hut
ton who shot one through the body
and captured another.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29

WE alluded, a few issues BACK, L
the alleged hostility of the Republi
cans of Cambria comfy to the nomi
nation Of Hon. A. A. Barker for Con
gress in this district, as indicated by
the vote in convention and an article
in the Johnstown Tribune. In JUS
tice to the Honorable gentleman, we
publish in another column OF his Is
sac an editorial article from the Cam
bria Herald of the 10th inst, placing
an entirely different estimate on the
personal strength of Mr.. Barker as a
candidate.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29

THE Harrisburg Telegraph says
that the State Superintendent Of pub
lie instruction has issued a circular
to county superintendent, directing
them to withhold all school money
coming from the State from all those
districts in their counties which have
no suitable outhouses attached to
their school buildings. Separate
apartments must in every case be pro-
vided. Separate buildings are rec
commended. Wherever satisfactory
buildings are erected by the first of
September, the penalty imposed will
De RENTED.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29

AT their late State Convention tho
Indiana Democracy revived, endors
ed and promulgated the Reputation
doctrine on which Pendleton made
his inglorious canvass for the Presi
dental nomination in 1865. Speak
ing Of this incredible folly the \. Y.
Herald says: 1t would have seemed
incredible, previous to the fact, that
sbody of sane men assembled fol
opening a political canvass should
pick up the dead horse of repudia.
ton, set it on its legs by party prop
ping, and gravely mount it in the ex.
pectation Of winning the a How
Is it possible that they could so mis-
conceive the public sentiment of the
country? The assembled Indiana
Democrats have the amazing folly to
declare that /" we are in favor Of the
redemption of the fve-twenty bonds
in greenbacks;n that ave are in IA
vor Of the repeal of the law OF March,
1868, which assumed to construe the
law SC as 30 make such bonds paya-
bic exclusively in gold 2 and that we
are in favor Of the repeal of the ma
tional banking law and the substitu.
ton o! greenbacks for the national
bank currency We can conceive
Of no greater blunder which the Dem
Ocratic party could perpetrate, in the
present state Of public sentiment than
TO unbury the Pendletonism of 1868
and present its corpse as q candidate
for reception in living political socie.
~. This issue killed Pendleton as a
candidate, although itreceived a trim
ming Endorsement in the national
platform. The platform defeated the
actual candidate, who had made able
and vigorous speeches against its
principle, and was as strongly com
nitted as q statesman could be TO a
faithful payment Of the public debt.
II the people ever decided ANYTHING
in a Presidential election, and decid-
ed it irreTersibly, it was the green
back controversy in ls6s. When
the Republican Congress, in the ex-
ira session of March, 1869, enacted.
the law Of which the Indiana Demo-
Gratis now demand the repeal, it mere
" gave legislative expression 10 the
popular win as then recently declar-
ed by an overwhelming popular vote.
The Democratic party d~iscreetly ac-
quicsccd in that verdict, and have
never sought to disturb il until now.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29
Shooting ARRAY.

On Tuesday afternoon, two colorcd
men named Willcott Amos, of Fox
burg, and William Wright, of Pitts
burgh, got into an alteration in a
drinking saloon in Petrolia, about a
woman named Matte Harper alias
Strawberry" Words brought on
Willows and finally light drew asingle
barreled D~erringer pistol and lodged
the contents in the neck of Amos.
Wright attempted to escape but he
was arrested and placed in d~urance
vile. Yesterday morning Amos died
of his injuries. and Wright is now
held on the charge Of murder.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29
Tho Child Murderer.

The youth in question will be re.
membered as ethe author of seyera.
outrages upon younger and smaller
children in Boston several years ago
where he created an excitement not
second even to that caused by the
sad event which is now uppermost
in the mind of every parent in Phila-
delphia. Pomeroy's plan was to en-
tee his victims into out-ofthe-wav
places, and there perpetrate a variety
of tortures upon them, such as cut
ting of their ears, Sitting their noses,
or making gashes in their faces
The Young fend was arrested, con
victed Of a balfdozen such crimes,
and sent to the Reform School, from
which place good conduct and the
%clemency Of the Governor Of the
State soon released him. 4 few
months since be was arrested for the
murder of q playmate whom be had
first tortured, and is now in prison
awaiting trial. Now comes the Sc
quel. On Saturday, while workmen
were tearing down a building in BOs-
ton in which the mother Of the boy
formerly lived, they came across the
body Of a small girl, aged ten years,
Nho had been a servant in the family,
but who disappeared some four
months ago. The wretch bad entie-
ed the little maid into the cellar, first
tortured and then murdered her,
and afterwards buried her body under
an ash-heap.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29
THE MAYOR.

Some days ago it looked rs though
the Governor would relieve the city
of one Of its greatest troubles by the
removal of Hayemeyor from the
Mayoralty, but as his term is short he
will probably permit him to remain.
1t is claimed that the Mayor is actu-
ally insane, and his acts give color to
the claim. If be is rot insane, he is
the most pig-headed, stupid man hat
ever lived. Elected as a Reformer
be has played p~erpetually into the
hands of the ring, and has openly
affiliated with them. He is very old
and is probably somewhat deranged.
This theory of going to grave yards
for officials never did answer. The
citizens viii know their man next
time.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29
Terrible Deed of an Insane NAN.

St. Louis, July PA Democru
special from Seneca, Kansas, SAYS
Charles Cook, a merchant of Bul
City, Osborn county, who has been.
deranged for some time past, thrust
the blade of his knife through the
brain of his infant child, last Friday.
and then beat his own head with a
Ratchet, breaking his skull, and in
iicting mortal injury. Pecuniary
trouble is said to hare been the
cause of his insanity.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29

THE Pittsburgh Telegraph makes
the following complimentary remarks
Of an eminent Democratic statesman,
who has assisted to make laws fol
this Commonwealth for a number o.
years, but who has been lately retir.
ed by his appreeiative and admiriDg
constituency, composing a portion Of
the citizens of Philadelphia: "The
Hon. Samuel Josephs, after twelve OF
fourteen years of plundering, black.
mailing and bribery in the Legisla,
ture, has at last been retired from
duty as q Democratic candidate by
the party in Philadelphia, and the
State capital that has known him so
long and so UNANIMOUSLY viii know
him no more. This is one of the re-
forms of the new Constitution. There
is no longer a market for Sans vote,
while lobby influence is at a discount
and pretty nea v~alueless- There
was a good humored, matter-of-fact
business air, about Joseph's legisla-
tive roguery that disarmed resent
ment to a great extent. He always
had the reputation of keeping well
up the price of votes, and had a thor
ough contempt Cor the five dollar
~roosters, as destroying business. BY
great industry and the rare economy
of living at the best hotels, drinking
the rarest wines, and spending money
with a liberal hand, Mr.. Josephs has
managed in the past decade, on a sal
ary Of q thousand a year, to save up
a nice little fortune of a couple of
hundred thousand dollars
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29

THE Ku-klux have re-organized in
Louisiana, under tie name OF the
white League" the purpose being
the unity of the whites against the
blacks. and the establishment Of the
white mans government in that
Statep The feeling between the two
parties is very bitter, and the Demo-
cratic press have come out boldly in
advocacy Of the discharge Of all col
ored persons in the employ Of the
whites. They intend 10 carry the
next election at all hazards. 1t is
announced that the whole Southern
mind is ccntralizing around this one
point-"opposition to the negro
Much apprehension is manifested
among law-abiding citizens.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29
Aa Omaha Sun-in-Law Charged will
Murder.

OMAHA, July 94-0n Sunday last,
Paul Nelson, an old settler, died sud-
denly of cholera morbus, as it was
supposed. The actions of his son-in
law, C. Patterson, in refusing persons
a sight and the hasty burial of the
remains excited suspicious that all
was not right. The coroner investi-
gated the matter and exhumed the
body. He claims that there is an
appearance of Nelson's having been
poisoned. Peterson is under arrest
and confined in jail to await the con-
clusien of an analysis of the stomach,
which will be made o-morrow. The
otfair creates a profound sensation, as
the parties are well known.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29
Rank omccr Arrested.

FoRT WAYNE, Indiana, July 81
VIM. Powers, against whom an in
dictment for e~mbezzling $4,000 from
the Merchants National Bank of this
city was found in the ehaneery term
of Court, but who made his escape,
recently tracked to California, and q
requisilion from Governor Hendricks
to Governor Booth. Of that State, was
forwarded. Powers was arrested,
brought here and delivered over to
Sheriff Vance. He was admitted to
bail in sc 00A
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scnnnL II u - - b -

4 school 0rtho special preparation Of those
y WHO wish 90 teach. 1 DO hereby respectfully
INFORM tie public that I win open a school whose
principal popularity is Of tie above design Also
81 AID and assist those who desire "a obtain an oj-
ucation. which VIII be of practical utility t0 tbcnl
in all the various stations o. lie. Angus 81. -.
no Tie John Oher School House, situated aislu. 20
miles from Stoyst0wu, In QuenIhouing tlWusiip,
Somerset county. Pr. Tuition tr tEe entire seq
sion Of ten weeks from s. to IS, according To- grade
Of scholarship Students can enter at any time
during the session, but no deduction VIII be md G
In the tuition for the par Of the session whie 3
may have passed. unless Il has been halt. Alum
dant accommodation forthc boarding cf stuGsnts
can be ooatiuel iu private families residing close
hy the location of tie seHool at She rate ut 2ucr
week. =. w. WEAkLANn.
lulyl5 Teacher
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CoMERsEr COUNTY nor

OMALSGH0OLS-
The Normal Schools lHg tie fau term a1 & a.
viii commence 0n Monday. August 81, am cos
TIME IL session nine weeks. closing wi5t the an-
nual meeting OF tAc County Teachers CouveTt!ul
the 10Th week.
The following teachers have charge o, she eii
fcrent schools;
Stoyst0wn-Frcd GrE.
Beriiu-J. i. Whipkey.
Meycrsiale-J. :. Wagner.
Salisbury. ID. Mgese.
New CentreTiile-D W. wiz.
Ursinl-S. T.. Treat.
Pelersburgh-R. II. Nanhgru.
Somerset. l. Puzh.
Competent assistant teachers VIII ee SMttN!
Special qttention given 70 an TIC br3nshes g-at-
III taught IN eur public schools IAalee.i.I -
Others viii also b. given whe lcc@ss set-
ed. Those desiring 10 teach s~EentlaNaI shee
selves OF the opportunities ohcred nyt-ese s5.9o-s
We have reason 10 believe that directors vii NC
more careful 81 the selection OF teachers tian
heretofore. and that scholarship VIII De the enlei
fnst Am should be present az the opening OF tEa
ssssian If pogsiblc. Good boarding eaabe had az
reosonabls rates. Those who wish Us TO secure
bonrding fox them OF who wish further imiormr-
lion should address tho principals Of the schools
TsIiion from S 70 81. No deduction for partial
~ p. ". WILL.
mivs County Supt.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29

A YEAR since, the Democracy O.
this State in convention assembled
booted from the platform, in a spasm
Of professed virtue, Congressman
Spear of the Huntingdon district,
who had been nominated for chair.
man, because be was a back-pay sal.
AIRY grabber. The honest impulse
If il was not a mere b~lind-proves to
have been very short lived. as we OBJ.
serve the Democracy Of Philadelphia
have re-nominated Hon. Samuel j.
Randall ard endorsed bis action in
Congress. Randall not only voted
Cor and took the inereasedp pay, but he
was on the committee Of conference
that devised the steal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29
sn.i Aceiaen. u sanar crece.

A man named Wm George Thomp-
son, in the employ Of Mr.. Heron, at
Sandy Greek, while moving with the
machine passed over a gutter ana
was thrown from bis seat, and falling
10 front Of the knives. The RICH; ara.
was entirely separated from tho elbow
the knives stopping before catiscly
severing the left. Drs. MAGGIE.
Latham and Wilson were called aad
found it necessary 10 re-amputate the
right arm, and excise part OF the rad
ical bone. AZ last accounts the mai
was living and doing well.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29
a HOPEFUL SIGN.

Our Catholic Irish citizens Go not
rule New York as much as they did
The Orangemen paraded the streets
on the anniversary Of the battle o.
the Boyne Water, and were not mo.
Tested. Possibly our Irish friends
have come to recognize the fact that
Protestant's have some rights in
America, and that st. Patrick is not
a greater man thar the Fourth Of July
after all The 0rangemen are graft
fed, and we have no doubt that cool.
headed Catholics feel better than
they would had a riot occurred.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29

and iearfully sharp horns. be carries.
lie did turn and did gore not only
the pursnes, bat the man whose
good Eame the pursuers wanted to
shield. His mistake was in not
punching deep enough. l am salts
fed he has it in his power TO strike q
deadly blow at Nix. Beecher, and ifho
did anything, that is what he should
have done.
But Beecher decided to brave
Theodore, and this gives him this
opportunity. The lucky Tilton has
given notice that in q few days he
will make a sworn statement Of the
exact facts il the ease and that he
win mash Mr.. Beecher CON pletely.
Mrs. Tilton's action is regarded as
very curious and queer, for it is IN
derstocd that it was from her lips
that Mr.. Tilton FIRST gathered knowl-
edge Of the outrage. Altogether it
is a queer mess, and cur advice is
wait coolly and calmly for a few
days. Tilton must either kill Beech
er or be killed himself. He is in q
position where nothing but blood viii
answer. Wait and see whose Lead
rolls in the sand.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29

A BOY Accidentally Shoots his Mother

BosToN July To- Mrs. Maggie
Smith, of S~harlestown, was shot and
instantly killed by her son, a boy
nine years old, last evening. They
were in an auction-room in Roxbury
where the boy found an old pistol,
and in playing with in, it was dis.
charged.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29
BUSINESS

is q little duller if possible, than when
| last wrote, but the business men
feel better. They know. now, that
there is going to be no business till
fall, and they have quit worrying
about it. They have reduced their
expenses to the minimum, and are
sailing lazily along under bare poles,
till such time as the revival comes.
They expect q good business in the
fall, for the reason that the people
must buy sometime. They doubt
less viii not be disappointed.
PIETRo.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29

Tue harvest Of the country IS safe
lly housed, and proves to be an ena--
nous ono. Every Indication now
points to low-priced wheat and cheap
broad
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-29
Paralysis Can be Cured.

We have made this n speciality. and by means df
tho "EquaiizeT1 we have never failed Ia any i'm
sSauce 10 produce q change in the most cxcr1r11
case that has ever presented Itself for trcstmeat-
We treas Chrolie Diseases in its worst form III
Vacuum. DIS. WAUGAMAN & BLTHoLB
Err. 80 Penn ave. Pittsburgh. Pa. SEMI iar
Scientific Health Journal. g Describes this new
and wonderful cure, and vlati i has done. Once
hours ? a m-to 5p-n- juiy15