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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28

THE erection Of elevators and
splendid railroad and shipping facili,
ties is making Baltimore the great
center Of grain expectation and trans.
shipment. The american of the 2lst
inst, says: The receipts Of West
ern grain at this market yesterday
were the largest ever received in one
day in the experience of the Balti-
more grain trade, amounting to a.
400 bushels Of corn and 81, 900 bush
els Of wheat This amount was all
entered al the elevators, and Of course
did not include the receipts known
as track corn from Pennsylvania
and other near points, and BY water
carriage, which do not go into eleva-
tors The value Of the grain re-
.ceiyee yesterday, estimating the corn
at IS cents and the wheat at an av-
erage OF lss cents per bushel, would
represent an ~sggregrate Of SILL
9I2, a pretty tAir business for one
dav."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28
The Indian Outbreak.

LEAvEXwoRTH, KAN, April IA
1t transpires now that the revolt Of
Indian prisoners at Cheyenne Agen-
CIV, Indian Territory, was 0 gen.
eral and determined than at first re-
ported in official kilograms. General
Neil informed the commanding officer
Of the department that the Indians,
upon their surrender, turned over
their firearms to the Government
authorities; but his information on
this point seems to have been at
fault. The crafty redskins evidently
outwittod the general by burying
their best guns ia the sand, and hand
ing over to the soldiers their old uu-
! serviceable muskets. Moreover, the
Indian rush to the sand bills was
not simply an impulsive stampede,
but rather the precise execution ola
preconcerted plot to abandon the
agency, unearth their weapons, and
go on the war-path.
For some time the Chyennes have
suspected that the Government inten-
ded to deal out q fearful retribution
for the massacre of the German FAINT
ly and consequently witnessed with
apprehension every attempt to iden-
tify the immediate perpetrators or
r~ingleaders ofthe crime. Whenever
an Indian was put in irons or sin
gled out from the main body of his
fellows as an object of special super
vision, ~mutterings of discomfort were
heard from his companions. The
signal for the revolt was given when
the saw one of their warri-
ors shot down for attempting to es-
cape from the guards, who were in
the act Of putting him in irons. Three
shots in quick succession from the
camp of the hostile Cheyennes told the
Indians to break away from their
captors. The movement was stimuli
taneous throughout the camp. There
was no Generalization or confusion.
They were not fugitives fleeing from
real or imagined peril, for they didn't
scatter here and there over the plains,
each one seeking to make sure Of his
own escape. They assembled with
the least delay at their chosen
RENDEZVOUS, occupying a position and
g wing battle with every advantage
Of location in their favor. The troops,
believing that the Indians were IN
armed, charged recklessly through
the deep sand but, instead of meet
ing a defenceless foe, fell under the
range of rifles. Three times the sol
diers charged, and three times they
were repulsed. The official report of
the battle says the trOops-consist-
ing of four companies of the Sixth
Cavalry, under command of General
Neil in person-lost six seriously and
slightly wounded. Private letters
from the agency say that the loss
was much greater than that. 1t is
known that the troops were badly
whipped, although they fought brave
ly and against great odds.
4 sad blunder has been commit
ted but, at this time, it is difficult
to fix the responsibility where it
rightly belongs. The loss of the
gallant soldiers who fell q the charge,
%deplorable as it may be, is not the
worst feature Of the blunder. The
Indians have gone on the w~ar-patb
again, aud there is danger that all
the good results Of last years cam
paign under General Miles have been
LOST by n stupid blunder in manag-
ing the prisoners.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28
The Effects of the Cold

RICHMOND, April I9.-Heavy
SHOWS at intervals yesterday, with
high cold wines. At sunrise this
morning the thei nome.er was eight
deg. below the freezing point. Early
vegetables, fruits and young clover
were killed. Advice from various
parts of the State g &c disastrous &C.
counts of damage from cold. The
loss among truckers in the western
part of the State is estimated al
500, 600.
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Indiana.

L~oGANsPoRT, April 20.--FOr sew
eral months past the railroads cen
tering here have been the victims Of
a series OF robberics Of merchandise.
Yesterday morning it was discovered
that several cars on the Pittsburg.
Cincinnati and st Louis railroad
had been broken open. The police
tracked the thieves and last night ar.
rested four. To-day four more were
arrested, among them a merchant by
the name Of Krsiti, who had been
selling the stolen property from his
store. The others were railroad en-
ployees with the exception of one, a
farmer living several miles south OF
the city, who would pick up various
packages of goods as they were
thrown from the train and haul them
into the city. The gang was well
organized, and bad been carrying on
its depredations for several months.
A large quantity of stolen goods
consisting of barrels of whisky and
sugar, boxes Of tobacco and boots and
shoes have been recovered.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28
Burned.

NEW ORLEANS, April 23.-About
9 2. NJ. FIRE broke out in the black
smith shop Of the steamboat John
Kyle, which was lying at the foot
of Poydras street. The Kyle lay
between the Lessie Taylor below
and Exporter above. Soon after the
alarm was given the tugboat Ella
Wood came up, and commenced
throwing water on the burning yes
sci, but without effect. Captain
Hutchinson, Of the Kyle, was stand
ing on the front deck when the fire
broke out. He promptly notified all
on board to leave, as it was apparent
from the first that the boat could not
be saved. Captain Hutchinson thinks
every one on the Kyle. was saved
William Brown, Chief Clerk who
opened the safe and took oct the
money and papers, was the last to
leave the Kyle, which had in the
meantime been set adrift. In es-
Gaping he was enveloped in flames,
and severely, if not dangerously,
burned over the face and hands.
His eve lasEes and moustache were
singed of. He, however, jumped iu-
to the river and swan ashore, and at
once was taken to a hotel, where he
was attended by a physician.
Captain Hutchinson says the cabin
Of the Kyle was enveloped in flames
in less than two minutes from the
time the first alarm was given.
When the KYLE was cut loose the
eddy drifted her up stream, and those
on shore, seeing the danger, cast of
the hawsers by which the Exporter
and Bodman were tied up. This
act proved disastrous. The Kyle
drifted quickly against the Exporter
and Bodman, and all three
boats drifted into the stream. So
rapid was the progress of the flames
that the Exporter took fire the mo-
ment the Kyle touched her. The
people on board the Exporter having
no other refuge, jumped on the Bod
man.
This boat, in less than a minute
after the Exporter, MISC caught fire,
and the three burning vessels drifted
together into the stream, where they
were soon burned to the waters
edge. Many persons who had gone
on tie Exporter aed Bodman as
spectators were on board when the
beats drifted into the stream, and
had to jump overheard. Some Of
them were rescued, but a large num-
Der T believed to have been lost.
The number lost is estimated at from
twenty to q hundred.
The commander of the United
States steamer Kansas promptly cent
out his boat, n Of which rescued
thirteen persons. The jobbing tug
boats made no efforts 20 rescue those
or the burning boats. There was an
excursion party from Cincinnati on
the Pittsburgh, many Of whom, it is
feared, are lost. The Bodman ar
rived this morning, and had discharg-
ed most Of her cargo. The Exporter
was to leave this evening, and had
about four hundred tons of freight
on board, all of which was lost.
Among the lost is a daughter of Cap
tain Reese, Of the Exporter. Captain
Sbinkle, Of the Bodman, was much
burned about the face and hands.
A son Of Captain Shinkle is report
ed among the lost. The Exporter
was owned by James Reese. Sr..
Of Pittsburgh, and valued at SIS, 900.
The John Kyle was owned by Cap
tam John Kyle and P. S. & W. +.
Davidson, and valued at S6O.0 OO.
The Charles Bodman was owned bv
Captain g. z. Shinkle and Others Of
Cincinnati, and valued at $4,000.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28
Serious ARRAY.

AUGUSTA, April IA dispatch
from Hawkinsville, Georgia, report.
an unfortunate ARRAY there Till
morning, resulting in the death o
Jno. NJ. White, the serious wound
irg Of Mike p. billiard and slightly
wounding Willard Oliver, all young
men. White was killed instantly.
three pistol shots entering the body.
billiard was shot in the head. The
affray was a renewable an alterea-
ton which occurred on Saturday.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28

The Cincinnati Commercial asks
If the Democrats hold out a promise
Of meeting the peoples demand Ter
an honest party, and then answers
its conundrum in this way: Tried
bv its record in the States where It
has been tested, 10 the towns and
cities where it has control, and the
only difference, if any, to be observ-
ed is in the eagerness to get hold Of
the money and spend it. Changing
from Republican to Democratic adj
ministrations is likely to prove as
valuable an experience as that Of the
fox. which swam'a river to rid itself
of q swarm of pestiferous flies, and
found, on landing on the opposite
shore, that be had exchanged one
swarm that bad been stated with his
blood for another whose hunger was
veto be appeased."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28

THE promise Of peace in Louisiana
has been destroyed by the bad faith
Of the Democrats Of the lower House
Of the Legislature. According to
the wheeler compromise" which
both parties accepted, the Democrats
had a majority in the House and the
Republicans in the Senate, but no
sooner had the Republican members,
designated in the compromise, va
Gated their seats and allowed them to
be occupied by Democrats, thus Civ
ing that party the majority, and the
organization and control Of the
House, than they at once proceeded
to unseat q sufficient number Of Re
publican members to give them a ma
.jority on joint ballot.
There never was a more %perhdious
and base violation of q solemn agree
ment, and the consequence is the diff
fculties in Louisiana are no nearer a
solution than at the commencement
of the session when the Democracy
took fraudulent and forcible posses
sion of the House.
Here is further ~undeniable evil
denee that the rebel Democracy of
the South are utterly unreliable, ae-
knowledging neither the binding force
Of pledges nor the dictates Of COM
mon honesty.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28
4 Little BOY Crushed TO Death by a
Street Car

PITTSBURGH April ga painful
accident occurred on the South Side
Saturday afternoon, resulting in the
death of a little boy named Henry
w. Jackson. About two O'Clock,
when car No. 8 was passing the cor
ner of Twenty-seventh and Carson
streets, he child, who was playing,
attempted to run across in front Of
the horses, but not being quick
enough, was knocked down and be-
fore the driver could check the speed
Of the car the wheels passed over the
boys body, severing the main artery
Of the leg. He was carried into a
neighboring house, where he bled to
death in about half an hour. Coro-
ner McCallin held an inquest, and o
verdict of accidental death was rem
dered, and the driver e~xonerated from
all blame in the matter. The mother
Of the boy, Margaret Jackson, is a
poor widow, residing on Carson
street, in the Twenty-fourth ward.
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$4,000 fire in Boston.

BosTog, April I8.-A fire broke
out yesterday morning in a four-and-
a-haIf story brick building corner Of
Franklin and Congress streets. The
fire caught in the upper story oeeu-
pied as lithograpbing establishment.
The other occupants were Clark &
Warren, and Lamkln & Foster. boots
and shoes and Robert 3. Denny,
wood. The damage to the building
is about $4,000. The loss to the oc-
cupants is at least $40, 600, covered
by an insurance Of 5000.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28

Tragedy.

HARTFORD, Conn, April I7.--An
ton Linburg, a Swede, while drunk
fatally stabbed Andre johnson. il
his sick room, at Cillinsvilie, FRIDAY
night. John FELTON,, a German, who
entered the room on hearing the
trouble, was stabbed four times by
Linburg, and died instantly. Felton's
wife also received a fearful stab in
the hip. Linburg then plunged the
knife into his own body, and also cut
his throat He lived but a few mo.
ments. The tragedy has caused
intense excitement, nothing of the
kind ever having occurred there be.
fore.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28
The PennsyIvanIa Treasury Tnyesii
CATION.

HARRISBURG, Penn. April 81
The subcommittee Of the committee
cf the House of Representatives to
investigate the State Treasury met
at the Office Of the State Treasurer to.
day at 3 O'Clock, aud were informed
by the State Treasurer Mackey that.
as members OF the Legislature, they
were al liberty to make an examina-
ton to satisfy themselves and the
public as to the integrity Of the
Treasury, on condition that if they
found the Treasury intact they
would give Lin . certificate to that
effect. He denied their right as a
committee, and would not allow any
outside party designated by the com.
mittee, 10 make an examination.
The Chairman said that they could
only act as a committee, and with.
drew FIR consultation.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28

All supposed to be insured in West.
ern Offices.
On board the Exporter, was Cap
tain Reese, the owner, from Pitts
burgb, who. with his family aud a
number Of friends from that city
were here on a pleasure excursion.
The ladies' Of the party were all
ashore, except Mrs. Reese and daugh-
ter and Joc other lady. Mrs. Reese
and q otaer lady were saved, but
the G.a hter was drowned 1t is
impc5,:ble .s-night TO give the names
OF tie lost. The bulls Of :he Expor-
ter and Charles Bodman were towed
across the river TO Coyley's coal
yard, while that OF the John Kyle
nosted down a couple Of miles and
sunk.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28

The Late FrOSts.

CINCINNATI, April 2I.-The Com
mercial Of this morning publishe
adyices as TO the condition Of the
fruit and wheat crops from sixty-one
towns in Ohio and thirty-one in In
diana. In Ohio the peach crop will
be q complete failure; apples are but
slightly injured. In regard to other
fruit one town reports good crop,
twelve report a half crop, and twelve
no crcp. In Indiana thirteen towns
report the town u%ninjured, eight a
half crop and nine no crop. As to
fruit, three report good crops, seven
a half crop and twenty-one no crop.
Adriees from ten towns ia Western
Pennsylvania indicate about half a
crop each in fruit and wheat. A de-
spatch from Detroit, Michigan, states
that reports from all parts of Michi-
gan indicate hat drought and cold
weather have greatly injured the
wheat crop, killing off peaches very
generally, aud seriously damaged
small fruits. Apples promise good
Weld. Plentiful rain may improve
the wheat crop very materially.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28
SEs
4 Nan Murdered.

MEMPHIS, April 20-0scar Bar
ton was Killed at SJmrrviile ye.ter-
day by a man named Doyle. Bar
ton last fall had a terrible r~encontre
With three brothDrs named Riyes,
during which two of the Riveses
were killed and the other dangerous
ly wounded, Burton being shot nine
times, and it was thought fatally
wounded. No particulars of the
killing Of Burton have been received.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28
Strike OF Brooklyn noa.Carrlers.

New YORK, April 20.-This morn
ing tue hod-carriers Of Brooklyn went
on a strike, in consequence Of which
the b~rick-layers and masons are out
OF employment. The hOd-sarrier s
want $3.50 for eight hours work.
The masons had previously agreed to
work for ten hours.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28
designation ofAttorney General VII
Hams.

Attorney General Williams to-day
rendered his resignation to the Presi
dent, to take effect on the 18th o
May. The resignation is not yet &C
cepteG, and therefore no person is
named as his successor. Judge v il
liams intends returning to Oregon
and entering into the senatorial con
test in that State.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28
Suicide ora Stranger on the Street

ST. LOUIS, April 23.-Patrick An.
drews, supposed to be a stranger in
the city, cut his throat in the street
10 front of the Southern Hotel, about
n o'clock this morning. He then
walked to q saloon more han a block
away, where be offered to make a
statement, but, being rebuffed by the
bartender, lay down in the corner
OF the room and died before medical
aid could be rendered. He had a
long scar on his neck, just below
where be had cut it, indicating that
be had attempted suicide at some
previous time.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28
Horrible Outrage.

CRY OF MEXICO, April l2.-Teu
natives of Ixtacalco are on trial for
a horrible outrage. They are cbarg.
ed with buryiDg three men alive,
leaving only their heads above ground,
and then despatching them with
hatchets and knives, after prolonged
torture.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28

II ,urns out that Major Calhoun
for several years United States Pen
sion Agent Of Philadelphia, VINO
oa,ned bis position on the strength
81 his supposed services in the Union
a-mv. was in fact a Confederate Piac-
ed in Libby prison as a sPy' where
his presence among the Union sris-
onors gave the opportunity to pass
himself off for one Of them when
the confederate cause went down.
He Is now ID Georgia editing a rebel
naper.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28

GEo. W. GAYLE, an Aiabamian
who. in 1864, offered a reward OF ono
million dollars for the assassination
Of Abraham Lincoln, died in the
city Of Selma on the morning o
Anril stb. a wretebed paraiytie.
frippdless and poverty stricken in the
sivtv-ffth wear Of bis age
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28

Hoy. ANDREW SNYDER, a Demo
cratic member Of the House Of Rep
resentatives from Northampton Coun-
~. died on the 10th inst. This is
the eighth death occurring among
or legislators since November last
and It Is stated that Hon. J.H. Raw
lins. Of Blair county, is seriously II
and not expected to live.
This fatality among members is at
tr.buted to the oyercrowded and lily
ventilated condition of the House
during the last session. Two hun.
dred members were crowded into a
hall originally intended to accommo-
date but one hundred, and the folly
has already resulted fatally to eight
OF them.
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paper

A REGULAR call for a State Ten
,.s-snce Convention has been issued
bv the State Committee Of that or
conization. The convention Is to
meet al Harrisburg ca Wednesday
June 10th. for the purpose OF noml-
mating candidates for Governor ana
State Treasurer. 4 more hcpci,ss
and foolish attempt was never made.
The coming State canvass VIII DE
an exciting and paramount one
where party lines win be strictly
drawn, and none but the most bgot-
ed zealots will support a ticket con-
coded to have no earthly chance.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28

An Oil City nan has invented a
new style of torpedo for exploding
in oil wells. differing in design from
anything yet patented in that line.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28

II seems that some or Iceless scamp
has been attempting to lie Hon. Bat
Ter b. Strang out of the canvas as q
candidate for State Treasurer. The
.~Johnstown Tribune authoratiVeiy
denies the report that he declines
be;nr n candidate, and urges his nom-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28
Extremely Cold weather

DETROIT, April 2l,-Despatches
from Mackinaw tonight report ex-
tremely cold weather, and the ice as
solid as at any time during the win
ter
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Net1 advertisements.
. UDITORS' NOTICE.

-
The undersigned auditor. appointed by the Or
phans' Court Of Somerset County, Pennsylvania,
'tp examine the account and il necessary reform
it.. and to make q distribution Of the funds in the
hands Of Almira Winecof, administrator Of Jesse
WinecOG. deceased, to and among those legally
entitled thereto, hereby gives notice that he viii
attend TO the duties Of said appointment at his
Office in the borough Of Somerset on Tuesday,
May 18th, 1875, at 10 O'Clock a. M.
JAS. /. PUGH,
aprgI Auditor.
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IT Is alleged that Col. Alick Nc
Ciare is striving hard to engineer the
nomination Of Andy Curtin as the
Democratic candidate for Governor
against Hartranft. The success o
this project is as probable as thai
Plymouth church will turn tail OIL
Henry Ward Beeeher. Satisfied with
tho experience Of the Greeley cam.
paign, the Democracy will take nc
more liberal Republicans" in their'n.
The Democratic candidate Cor Gov
crnor this fall must be a Bourbon, as
fossilirerous in sentiment and doc
trinc, if not iE age, as Roaring Bill
Allen" Of Ohio. Doubtless "Barkis
is willin'," but he must hang on the
ragged edge Of desire until the De-
mocracy have all their bright antici-
pations of success "trounced' out OF
them, when perhaps they may again
give ear to the cooling Of the lib
Crals.n
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-28

FoR several weeks past The name
Of Hon. W. w. Ketcbam has been
running through the papers in con-
nectiun with the Republican nOmina-
ton iur State Treasurer. Now, a
'liberal journal" announces that be
will not be q candidate, and intimatcs
tat this shows the bopelessness Of
the Republicans carrying the State.
Mr. Ketcham was elected TO Con
gress last fall by a hattering major
ity 10 a Democratic district, and hav-
ing a full term yet t. serve, Of course
never thought of being a candidate
for Treasurer. But for the purpose
OF making a little capital with the
.rossly ignorant, the story of his
candidacy and declension was start
ed, so the charge that he was afraid
TO run could be set before the public.
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Me,r Adrertisenents.

.CTATENENT and report Of the Somerset Co.
- Poor House and House Of Employment from
the ist Of April, 1s54, to 1st Of April, 1915;
LIVE STOCK on THE Farm APRIL !, 1875.
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NOTICE

DURING MY ABSENCE | HEREBY
~ appoint John ;. Carron my agent to
transact business for me.
fel0-lm NJ. l.. fOLEl.
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sAe'A 81 90
Np dlsreputabIe characters admitted. ga
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BATHS. so CENTS

A share of public patronage is solicited.
all22-tl ] AN Es NJ. VI MOODY. 'rop'r.