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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27

CINcINNATI, October 2l.-The
Gazette's St. Louis special SAYS:
Quite o sensation in whiskey frauds
developed itself to-day in the tact of
every disiiiIer and rec'iier, except
the distillery of Jorrit, & Co, plead
ing guilty. to a number Of counts in
each indictment, and permitting de-
fault 10 be entered in the sum of sew
erai hundred thousand dollars. in
Guiding n lot OF 1000 barrels of
whiskey, belonging to lrica & Co,
aud another lot of coo barrels, owned
BY Quintan Il Co. The evidence
against Jorrilt is said tn be c1nelu-
sive, bat his confession IF guilt Is
held back He claims that the officials
dare not proceed against him, as his
partners are relatives Il the Presi-
dent. Casey, in particular, Of New
Orleans, is a party alluded to. There
are, probably, 10 less than thirty diff
ferert parties who now stand con-
victed, and whose terms of punish.
ment Is IN no case less t0an TWO
years, and $4,000 fac. Some of
them may be sentenced for six years
aud $4,000 fine.
MILWAUKEE, October 2l.-In the
Erskeiae trial to-day ex-senator
Doolitile concluded his argument for
the defence, and Judge Dixon, for
the Government, closed the case.
Judge Drummond charged the jury,
and they wen out. After an alb
sence oftwo hours they returned and
rendered a verdict Of not guilty. The
remainder Of the vcn trials we're
postponed until November Sd, owing
10 the necessary absence of ex-Sena-
tor Carpenter and Judge Dixon.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27
Notorious Couuterfeifer Arrested in
Illinois.

WASHINGTON, October 2 2-The
treasury department to-day has a
telegram from Colonel Wasbburne,
chief o. the secret service division,
announcing that he has arrested,
neal Fulton, ILL.,, the notorious coun-
terfeiter Ben Boyd, who during the
past ten years has uniformly escaped
capture, although well known as one
of The most successful cutters of bank
note plates in the country.
When the officers came upon him,
he and two comrades ran across
fields and through the woods, and
Boyd was captured by Col. Wash
burne only after an eight mile chase
on horseback. 1t was aseertaiucd
that Boyd had his mill" at CentraIa,
Illinois, and the government has now
seized at that place a number of
plates for the printing of $40, $50,
81, 600, and $1,000 bills, together with
a large lot Of material and counter
felt national bank notes, ready for
circulation This arrest is considered
one of the most important ever made
By the secret service, Boyd being
regarded as the most skillful plate
engrayer in the eounterfeiting bust
ness.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27
Negro Hanged In st. LOuis.

SIS. L0rIs, October 22.-Henry
Brown, the negro wlo si!led Philip
Pfarr, a German living a fey mics
from the city, and then ravished and
robbsG his wife, on the night of the
25th of May, Sas banged in the yard
of the Jail at -Four Courts st ane
O'Clock to-day. In a brief speech
made on the scaffOld, he admitted
having STRUCK Pfarrrhe blow which
caused bis death, bpt deEied out
raging Mrs. Pfarr. Nearly 1900
persons wers present in the jail yard,
and the windc%s and roofs Of all the
houses in the vicinity, and even the
roof Of the Jail itself, as well as the
streets in the neighborbood, were
tbroDged with people. The crowd
must haze numbered nearly 5000.
At exactly Ial: pest u o'clock the
trap was sprang, ana thsa sfatched
culprit hung dangling in the atG.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27

One Man Killed and Another Fatally


NASHVILLE, Tenn, October 2l.-
An unfortunate encounter took place
this morning on the public square in
Franklin, Tenn, which resulted in
the killing of Col. Johu l.. House
and the dangerously %wounding OF bis
8 D. VI. House. Col. House and q.
\. Griffin, a policeman, had a ptrs N
al al;tr .ation in q sal ION last night,
which resulted in Griffin knocking
House down. Here the matter end
ed until this morning, when the par
ties again meeting, some high words
were used, but no blows passed.
They separated, House going toward
4 store where his son was employed,
lear which he met another party and
became involved in a dispute, using
language Griffin considered not SUIT
ed to the time and place. Griffin APP
preached House and placed BIN IN
der arrest. NJ. House stepped TO the
front Of the store, and seeing Gritiin
with one hand on his fathers collar,
and a drawn revolver in the other,
supposiug they were involved in a
personal dispute, stepped into the
street with bis hand beside him. Grit
lin asked him if be had drawn a PTS
toll on bin. He answered No
Col. House remarked that be would
draw one, and proceeded TO do so,
whereupon Griffin fred at him, then
turned aud shot his son, who bad
drawn his pistol. An indiscrimlua:e
firing began between Griffin, Col.
House, and W. Allison, who had
hitherto been a spectator, ahd who
sided with Griffin. Griffin fired SIX
shots. five at House and u at his
son. Allison fired twice. Col. House
was killed instantly. 1t S thought
his sou cannot recover. Allison Is a
member of the NJ. +. Church, and
was recently elec,ed n of the
Board Of Stewards. No cause Is
known why be should have taken
part in the difficulty. The Coroner's
Jury gave a verdict of justifiabie
homicide. Griffin and Allison are in
custody. House was Lieutenant Col
onel of the First Tennessee Infantry,
and a man of prominence in his To-
cality.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27
ho1u,peuf Over President L!rcoin's
Remains EisGGured.

SPRINGFIELD, De-. 20.-By the ig-
norance or carelessness of some work
men engaged in the deep cut for a
new railroad near the cemetery con-
tanning the remains Of the late Presi-
dent Lincoln, the splendid monument
over his remains "a badly dis6gur-
ed yesterday morning by the prema-
ture explosion of . saa of nitro
glycerine. A great rent is visible
from the upper west corner diagonal
ly to the base, while a few stones are
missing on the east corner. The
workmen were using some nitro
g;yperipe on the huge rocks just out
side the cemetery wall, and put in
too great a charge, and the conse-
quence was that things were consid-
erably shaken, trees torn up, etc. and
had it not Lee2 for the distance from
the monument it would have been
utterly ruined As it is, it can
scarcely be repaired. This incident
shows i!eqrly the great danger in
allowing worFmen who are ignorant
of its explosive properties the priyi-
lege of touching nitro-glycerine at all.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27
\ ssaH Eu1 over by o Train.

\ horrible accident occurred about
nine O'Clock last night in the Par
Handle tunnel in this city. 1t ap,
pears that about that hour a train
co4iBg last struck a nan at the
mouth Of the t4pneI aad be was
caught under the engine and dragged
nearly to the depot. His hat anl a
portion Of his head and brains were
found near the spot where the train
stFuc.i hin acd bis body was diseov.
cred about midway betYeel tAe grain
eieVetcT and the depot.
The body was subsequently iden-
tilted as that of a young man named
James Dillon, aged twenty-three
years, q brother of Thomas Dillon, a
.huehstef, at wb0se house, No. Is
Third Avenue, the DECEASED liyed.
The body wa removed to the house
Of Mr.. D., where an inquest will be
held to-day. We could not learn
how rhe unfortanate young man got
10 the vay'ot the train-Pdsburgh
GoNmeCciqL ESQ
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27
Terrible Murder.

MEMPHIS, October 2..-Dr. Bal
lard, formerly Of Texas. residing
scar Marion, Arkywhile riding with
c lady yesterday afternoon, was way
laid and shot by a man named An
drews, who fired one barrel of shot
gun at the Doctor, the charge taking
effect in bis neck and face, knocking
him off his horse. After falling Bal
lard asked Andrews to raise him up,
which be did,into a sitting posture,
and then placing tie gun near his
head discharged the other barrel,
literally blowing Billiards. head of.
Andrews then went to Marion and
surrendered himself to the authorities.
Andrews bad been employed by Bal
lard, end a few DAYS before Ballard
had Knocked him down twice. Bal
lard ID represented as haYiug been o
violent man, and had on Sunday
last waylaid anu shot his wife's
nephew. Andrew Fraser.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27

BUcKALEw in a speech at Blooms
burg, on Saturday night last, "wens
back" on the Erie platform, and in
sists that the Democratic National
platform of 1872 il favor of bard
money is the true Democratic doc
trine. He said "the Democracy had
always been . hard money party, de-
voted TO a constitutional coin curren-
cy as the standard Of valves, regard
ing deprecated, ineonyertible paper
money in time of peace as both inju'
rioBs and d~isgraccful" What an
eye-opener that Ohio election was to
tie Democrats Of this Statel!i
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27


The Somerset 4 emocyet announc.
ed last week THAT A. j. Colborn. ESQ,
bad thrown of his Democracy" and
would take the stump for Hartranft,
and this alaoDDcement, as a matter
of course, was accompanied by a vol.
ume of vituperation and 6snuncia-
ton. The Democrat has evidently
not forgotten the lessen it learned
when the slaEedrivers aLp vas
cracked over the heads Of Northern
Democrats, but it apparently has for
gotten that with the war ended all
terror Of that instrument, as a means
of party discipline. 1t has hurt no
one but itself by is coarse abuse of a
private citizen for exereIipg a right
guaranteed him by the constitution,
and which it exercised itself when It
threw Of its Democracy" and fol-
lowed the banIar Of Horace Greeley
in 1872.
However, Mr.. yColborn eis take
the stump last week, and we have
never Lssrd a better sustained argu-
ment than be pskes in behalf of the
old Democratic doctrine Of hard
money" and against the inaatop her,
esy and infamy adopted by the par
ty leaders at Erie. 1t requires 70
proof TO show that the Democratic
aud tricksters have deser-
ed all the traditions and teachings
Of the fathers, and are now worship
ping at the shriGo Of an inflated pa
per currency, that would Eake "Old
Hickory" or "0ld Bullion" cloths
themselves with curses, as with a
garment, could they look upon the
Of their professAa follow
rs. We know that wherever Mr..
colhorn has spoken he has satisfied
Democrats that bis is the only true,
manly, and honest position. and from
! continuance of his labors during
he present week, we anticipate many
good results.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27

SINCE the defeat Of the Democracy
in Chic. i is amusing TO note the
squirmiDg of tse Pennsylvania Dem
ocratic leaders They adopted the
Ohio rag baby at Erie, Wits the
hops of strengthening Allen in Ohio,
and being benefited in This State by
his election. his defeat has shown
them that the people easSot be fool
ed with the cry of more money
ans they are all now denying that
they are IL fayor of imitation. Hold
them to the record, Republicans! They
proved themselves political seoun-
drels at Erie, don't let them escape
now on the pIea that they were idiots
They deliberately adopted a doctrine
that would have ruined the country,
and now that they were beaten on it
in Ohio, they are trying to crawl
away from and rep udia;e it. Hold
them to the record. They would re-
pudiGia their Savior for the sake OF
political SUCCESS.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27

The platform of the Democratic
party of Pennsylvania is the same as
that which brought defeat and disas-
ter on the Democrats Of Ohio. 1t
means destruction Of the currency,
ruin to our business interests-idle
factories and deserted shops-and a
depreciation of all values. Every
Republican who neglects to vote will
aid in indicting these injuries on the
~aonpfrv
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27

OUR advices are that il Philadel'
phia and throughout the eastern por'
ton Of the State, thousands Of bard
money Democrats will vote for Hart
ranft. They say that they want to
stamp out this cursed imitation heresy,
and prevent it from troubling them
in the Presidential convention Of
next year, aud that they can best
prove their hostility 10 it By voting
for Hartranft and buryiDg it be-
meath such a majority 10 this State
that it will never raise its head again.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27


No ONE will suspect the New York
Tribune Of a very urgent desire TO
elect Hartranft, or defeat Pershing.
Yet this is what its regular CORE
spondent writes of the situation IN
this State: "The truth is, nothing
was ever palmer 10 politics than the
defeat of Pershing. 1t would take
little short Of a miracle to change
the current that is DoW running
strong 10 Gov. Harlranft's faVor.-
The Pennsylvania Democrats fell n
at tae tail of VIM. Aliens PROCESSION,
and must nov follow it over the prec-
ipice. They were fully warned Of
the risk they ran, aud they deserve
their fate. Hartranft is popular all
over the State. Ia 1872 the Preslden-
tial campaign carried him through,
but since then be has built himself
up 10 political opinion, so that be
now hiss more personal strength than
any man in bis party. His admins
tratios has been a safe and success
ful one, and many people who doubt
ed his integrity when be ran three
ago, feel that taey did him IN
Justice and owe him the fspsyatlon
Of their support now.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27

EVERY lsboring man is interested
IN making the paper dollar equal to
ste gold dollar. One should be worth
lust as much SIS The other. IL the
Democrats get into power and initiate
the currency of the country, a paper
dollar viii be worth about fifty cents,
and every working mas knows how
shat wiz affect bis wages.
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hat viii affect bis wages.

AFuLL vote always assures a Re
publican victory. Last year Somer-
set county was the baGaer county of
the State. She polled hef regular
Republican vote when nearly ali The
other counties fell of. Stand by the
ticset Republican, Bring out the
full vote, and We wiki still ear the
proud title OF the Banner County"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27

LOOK at your tickets before you
vote them. As usual the Democrats
are flooding the county with spuri-
Gus tickets. They have counterfeit
ed the Republican county ticket, and
thousands of them have been dis
| tributed with the name of u or
more Democratic candidates inserted,
and the Republican nominees left
out. Examine every ticket before IT
is voted, Republicans. Read every
name on it aud see that it is right.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27
Thursday. October II. 1915.

E~H' 80 ~
where all persons interested may attend Il they
think proper.
Account of Mary a. McAIrlen, Admrx., of Mary
Read, dee.
Account of Hiram Morrison, admir- OF Jane II.
MoTIisop, decd.
Account OF Henry and Amos Walker, adE'rs OF
John G.. Walker, deed.
Account OF Jerome B. Jennings, admir- Of Is
rael Rhoads, decd.
Account Of J. ii. Uhl admir- Of Solomon Knee,
decd.
Account Of A, 5. 4itcheil and jeremiah Liston,
exr re- OF Thomas Listoa, decd.
Account OF Samuel Comp, eS'r Of Benjamin
Troutman, decd.
Account of Michael Long, ex'r of Magdalen
Long, decd,
Account Of T.. J, and ]. s, Meyers and W. G..
Schro"k, ex'rs of Jacob J. Meyers, deed.
Account Of q. /. Miller, ex'r of W. p. Welsh
Onse, deo'd,
Account of Emmanuel ]. Lichty, ex'r of VIM.
Meyers, decd and testamentary guardian OF the
minor children of said decd.
Account of Michael Long, trustee for the sale Of
the real estate of Magdalen Long, decd.
Isaac Kaufman, trustee for the sale Of the real
estate Of jacob Custer, decd.
Account Of Samuel Kennel, guardian Of Ellen
NJ: feies.
Account q Daniel swagner guardian of Chris
tlana swaFneF.
Account OF Jonas AnSeny, guardian OF Isaiah
Good.
Account of John NJ. Holderbaum, guardian of
John ii. Marteeny.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27

TURN out to the election, Republl'
ears. Take your neighbors with
YOU. Don't leave a single vote at
home. We are going to beat the
Democracy overwhelmingly on the
ID dav of November. and the Repub-
'ican who dees not share in that vic
tory viii be sorry for it as long as he
1sr.s
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27
Fatal Mistake al Wiikesbarre.

SebAStoa. Pa October % Pc l..
Hicks, son Of MAJOR Iiiess. q highly
respected riGsen of Wyoming. sgr-
rendered to tie police last evening.
stating that on The presious eccuing
be had shot Archibald Anderson, for
several years engineer Of the Dia-
mo.l mine 1t appears tie parties
met at Trips rsvine. . lonely spot,
aud Hicks installing Anderson for /.
desperate, bet without exchanging a
word, fred at him, intiicting a wound
from which he died yesterday.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27
As official returns are rece;sed

rs fgE UHtOIdI ItNuIu u dIt ItOcfNI@I
the Republican majority in Ohio stifl
keeps going up. Our last dispatches
show it to be nearly SIR thousand,
and half a dozen counties were yet
10 be heard from. The newly elect
ed Goveraog-the gallant Hayes-is
COW in this State, assisting by his
eloquent speeches TO swell the ma
jority OF his fellow soldier. General
uartranft.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27

THREE years since, when Hsrtranil
was a candidate for Governor, he
was the worst abused man that was
ever elected in this State. So com.
pletely has his administration given
the lie to all the charges against him,
that the Democrats in convention at
Erie did not dare to utter a word of
disparagement. Aud at a Pershing
meeting held in Pottsville, Francis
W. hughes, chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Committee, was con-
strained to say: "Ihe character Of
orernor HdrtrdnH for hcResty, in
iegrity and patriotism, cannot be sac-
cesstnly impeached." After this adj
mission ofthejr base falsehoods, how
a any Democratic politician or
journalist expect 10 lie believed in
this present canvass7
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27

STAND by your oSE county ticket,
aepubsieans, Don't be cooled into
vcting fox ssy of the Democrats Sho
are now ser&mbula,ing the county
soliciting you: EOies. You have a
Srs. class ticket; stand by it to a
enaa. No complimentary sotes. A
clean vote viii be sustained by a
c1nnr conscience
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27

lF our Republican friends will only
tara out TO a man at the election on
Tuesday Bext, We win burg the De-
nocrsey Of this State beneath a ma
jority so deep that when the last
trump shall sound, they will net be
able TO arise, but VIII have to emerge
from their graves by way of China.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27
Wanderers Lynched.

AugADKEE, October l9.-Ab9ut
a week ago the Sheriff of Portage
county, named Baker, vas kilie3 b.
two brothers, RaMed Ames and lsadc
Cartwright, whom he attempted t.
eject from a building This morning
abont three o'clock a party of mask
ed msG, Numbering forty, went to the
jail at Stevens Point, seized the
watch and put him in irons, hea:
down the outside doors, took out the
Cartwrigbts, and hung them to q pine
tree overhangiUg the road. The
1hole affair vas quickly and syste-
maiieaiIy !eEeoqied, There is no evil
denes of the Identity q tte'perpetra-
tors, but it is understooa they 'eaGei
from the town of Piover.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27

aN New York tie Democracy are
bowling for 'hard money" in Penn
sylyania they yell for paper money
Which is the trae Democracy, and
hox can any honest Democrat tell
which gay to vote? They cannot
both be risbt, and it is as plain as day
that the party is badly split up.
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bic Leap.

CHICAGO, October ga man
named kiser, about twenty years OF
age, who has recently become insane
on the subject of religion, slipped in
20 HE tower of the water works YES
terday atirsaa"a. end ascending to
the top, q distance Ut sbogt 40 feet,
threw himself over, aud was dashed
70 pieces on he rocks below.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27

THE Republican tidal wave in
Iowa swept everything before it,
Governor Kirkwood's majority will
exceed $4,000, the House will stand
IL Republicans to 80 Democrats, and
in the Senate there are IS Republi-
cans and 4 Independents, who will
operate with the Republicans, 10 IL
n~apoerata
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27

lHE democracy have r~osarrec,ed
the body Of William Alien. and are
going to exbitit the corpse in Penn
sylSania during the present week.
Wbyo o lie, The venerable departed
rest IN pesce! There is mourning
enough amoHg TIE brethren in this
State, without compelling them to act
as pail bearers at this Mechanically
procession. However, it is their fun.
eral, not ours.
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ACCORDING to the New

ACCORDING to the New York
World, Judge Black, formerly Of
fhie county, } says the act authorizing
the issue of U greenback currency
was, aud is. and always will be un-
constitutional" sad yet in the face
e tic opinion of this great Demo-
cratic legal authority, his frieGds in
tbs county sad State want to issue
millions more Of fhis unconstitutional
currency.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27

CIR out the vote, friends! We
lost The State last year through the
stay-at.home voters. Let every Re-
publican give one day at least to get
ting out The vote, and we will sweep
tho State like gildfre.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27

continues isiriy good. Since the Ohio
election there has been : pelleplible
improvement, for the reasun that con-
fidence in the stability Of things has
been restored. Men know now
where tbey ere and what they have
TO expect. II Pennsylvania and Mas
s~achuset,s do as well, there viii be a
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27
Murder VIII Ouf

MECHANICS FALLS, Me, Oct. %
The skeleton of a man was found in
the woods in South Paris yesterday.
The skull was broken. Parts of 8
coat, rest and boots were also found
and haze been identified as similar
to those Eofa by g man named Weiz-
lar. who left the hotel ip Sogtb Paris
about four years ego. late at night
to go to his boarding house. having
in his possession at the time SLIGO.
Detectives are working up the case.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27

TlT Is now apparent" says the
New York Herald. "tbat tic Penn
Iselvania Democrats atcfiding a desd
horse. They can naisber dismOunt
wAh credit nor keep the saddle with
any hope of winning the race"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27

TsE Democrats wanted Pershing
10 resign aud stumpehe State, but the
iittle fellow shifted defeat In the
breeze, and na;ly refused. Aow' they
are abusing Hartranft for doing wat
they wanted Pershing to do.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-27

greater aud mere marked improve
ment.
1t is raining very hard at this
writing, and The city is as disagree
able as possible.
PIETRo.
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Tes nea Die from Accidental Poison.
Ss1.

ST. LOUIS, October ga special
ieea Macon, No, to the Globe-Dem-
ocrat says Dr. u. J.. Sherman and
Samuel Parker, one of toe digest cit
izeps Of this place, went to Bevier
to-day, sad While there visited DR..
SHARKS drugstore. AfIev leaving
the store they bad not proceeded ten
reds when Parker fell en- the street in
commissions 10 FIVE minutes H..
Sherman ~ similarly affected. and
ip tyslty minutes both were dead.
IT is sqPpose1 they were poisoned,
aGd the Coroner bas stps 70 sEamine
into the matter.