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PIETRO.
Extensive Fire at Pittsburgh.

Shortly after eight o'clock last
evening fire was discovered in the
second floor Of the extensive hard,
ware establishment of Wbitmore,
Wolff, Lane & Co, No. so Wood
street, near Third avenu An
alarm was given which was prompt
" responded to by the FIRE depart
ment. The FIRE plugs were found
frozen, and thus further delay was
occasiuned. After the engines got to
work, it became evident that there
was a long work before the fremen,
and, as additional fuel would he
needed, a second alarm was given.
From front and rear the fremen
fougbtlbe flames manfully, and in
addition to the extreme cold, all
suffered from the water, which from
the difficulties in their way, they had
to encounter. Their work was sue
cessful in restricting the flames to
the one building, but the large stock
Of the firm was deluged with water,
and, OF course, very materially dam
aged.
The building, witch was three
stories high, and one hundred feet
deep, was almost completely wrecked.
1t was owned by Mr.. f. S. Law
renee, of Philadelphia, and was fully
insured The loSs cannot he acrar-
tanned, but will be about $4,000
Messrs. Whitmore, Wolff, Lane &
Co, were insured to the amount Of,
probably, SIS 5000, in home and for
eign companies. Their loss cannot,
at this writing, be a%scertained, but
will be very large.
The iremen worked for three
hours, and were all of them soaking
wet and in the extreme cold.-Pitts-
6mrgh Commercial, 10Th.
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to the courts for assessments. 1t
permits appeals within thirty days
from the action Of county commits
sioners.
Mr.. Anderson, of Allegheny-Pro-
hibiling the pollution of streams by
ANYTHING injurious to fish.
Mr.. Misunderstanding taxes on
trades, professions and occupations,
substituting a poll tax of fifty cents.
Mr.. Wood-To regulating the sale
/ of liquors. 1t repeats all existing
liquor laws. and enact a license law
instead licenses TO be of eight
classes, ranging from iifty-fve to one
hundred dollars: one fourth for the
State, aud the rest for the county.
The other provisions are similar 10
the present license law.
The following passed finally Sup
plement to the insurance law; Sup
plement TO The act prescribing the
manner in which corporations shall
accept the provisions Of the new
Constitution.
The bill to permit defendants to
testify in criminal cases was post
poned till tomorrow.
The following bills were reported
favorably To regulate the practice
of medicine; Relating TO Sherifis'
bonds of indemnity ; Allowing ac-
acknowledgements before Protbono-
taries; Making tie acts of foreign
notaries prima focie evidence 10 our
courts; Fixing the compensation of
township officers at two dollars per
day !; Supplement to the act regnlat-
ing divorces-allowing lunacy to be
a cause of divorce; Allowing the
service of process on agents, where
principals reside in other counties ;
relative to bail for stay Of execution
where the bail is likely to prove in
solvent.
The following were reported mega
lively Giving courts discretionary
power over costs and counsel fees in
contested viii cases; To limit local
taxation Requiring banks to make
reports to the Auditor General.
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HeartrendIng Affair.

HARTFORD Conn, February T.
During the absence Of Mr.. aud Mrs.
Richard DANES, of Lyme, from their
home on Thursday night their hOusv
was burned, taking FIRE from a kero-
seDe lamp. Their children, seven in
number, the oldest being seventeen
years, were obliged to flee half
dressed One Of them, a boy eight
years old, reached a n~eignbur's, aud
was found on the doOrsteps next
morning, half dead. The others took
refuge in a clump of eedars near by,
and on Friday morning when help
arrived, one Of them, a girl thirteen
years old, was So badly frozen that
life is despaired of.
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THE Democratic party Is prolific Of
small potato politicians, and Penn
sylyania has the credi! Of furnishing
the smallest Of the breed 10 the pres
ent Congress. 4 few days since
back pay' Spcer, of the Huntingdon
district. wasted the time Of the House
and delayed legislation by introduc
ing a resolution against q Presiden-
tial third term, and called the previ-
Gus questions on it. OF curse the
Republicans all voted against such a
resolution at such q time, and Speer
aud the Democratic press are happy
over the opportunity of charging that
the Republicans are in favor Of a
third term. Bless its pity, iity soul
it is a great big politician, and shal!
have o stick of candy, and the pretty
moon, too, when it falls.
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Fools only, give faith to Democrat
ic pledges, that are made solely to be
broken. The latest and most nota-
bic instance Of Democratic jugglery
with p~rofessed principles, was expos
in the lower House Of Congress last
week. Pending the passage Of the
Civil Rights bill, which was was being
frantieally fought by the Democratic
members, Mr.. Shanks, of Indiana.
laid naked their falsehood, and ex-
posed their hypocrisy, by introducing
and having added as a preamble to
the bill, the following plank from the
last Democratic platform, viz:
we recognize the equality of all men
before the law. and hold that it is the duty
Of the Government in lis dealings with the
people TO mete out equal and exact justice
to all, of whatever nativity, race, color, or
persuasion. religious or political.
As the Civil Rights bill simply
embodies those principles into the
law, the squirmlng Of Democratic
members under this dose Of their
own c~oncocting was pitiable. A ma
jority Of them, however, concluded
to give the lie to their own profess
sions rather than vote for the bill,
and so the record as made up proves
that when the Democratic party put
forth to the country the above reso-
luton as an article Of their faith
they were simply lying, and intended
to break their pledge, as they did so
on the FIRST opportunity.
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GENERAL SmERIDAN's otheiai re
mort 70 the Congressional Invesilgat
ing Committee is most appalling. Ia
the State OF Louisiana alone, since
1866. there has been killed2 Lac, and
wounded 2.ll5 persons. on account
Of political opinions. And yet in the
face Of this horrible record, furnish
ed by on entirely Trustworthy officer,
the Democratic press continues to
scout.atalleged outrages in the South
and bowls ~frantically over Sheridan's
stvling the leaders of the White
League assassins and banditti. All!
but these four thousand i'eo hundred
and 6hy-sig victims were Republic
cans. and that makes all the differ
ence in the world in the eyes Of Dem,
ocratic demagogues.
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Or course the temperance Ianailo-
who last fall persisted in running q
separate ticket, without the most re'
mote chance Of its snecess, n thero-
by secured the election Of a LeglsIa-
mr.. hostile to local option, are no"
frnntically appealing to all friends OF
,anperence to demonstrate against
tho repeal Of the law. These zeal
OTIS are not entitled to the least con-
sideration. Bourbon like, they never
learn ANYTHING. Grant their request
now. and next fall they will repeat
their folly. Consistent intelligent
hostility to any measure %entoree5 re-
spect. unreasoning fanaticism is en-
titled TO none.
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TIE bin introduced int the sen
ate BY Mr.. Rutan. proposing the a0-
clifton Of the present tax on trades
and professions, and substituting ID
lieu thereof a poll tax, will, we hope
become a Law. The present tax Is
unequal, lily levied, and largely eva
ded. 4 small, uniform poll tax on
every voter would yield much more
revenue, would be equal, be readily
collected, and It's payment meet the
requirement of the law, that each
voter shall have paida State or eoun'
~ tax previous to exercising the
right o, suffrage.
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DURING the discussion on the Civil
Rights bill in the lower House O.
Congress, after several Democratic
orators had opposed it as derogatory
to the white people, and as tending
to force social equality between the
races, Mr.. CANA colOred member
obtained the floor and in the course
of his speech got in the following
singing left handler or the mug 0.
the Democracy.
He sneered at the idea cf there be-
ing bad blood between the races at
the South, when the statistics show.
ed that there were over ], 700, 900 mu.
lattoes in the country. That was
not much evidence Of bad blood.
Laughter. If the negroes would
ouly cease 10 be Republicans, and
would vote the straight out Democrat
icticket, there would not be bad blood
between them. As to social equality,
be deride6 it as a bugbear. why"
said he, do you suppose ] would in
troduce into nv family a class of
white men whom / see in the coun-
try? Do you suppose so for one mo-
ment? Why, sir, there are men who
occupy places on this floor for whom
| have great respect, and vet should
be very careful how / should intro
duce them to my family. Laughter. ]
L should be afraid that their old hab-
its, acquired beyond Mason and Dick
sons line, might return and with
great dramatic effect) stir up bad
blood.n TLoud laughter
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General KheridRn'S Estimate of fi.e
Political Murders.

New ORLEANS, February Gen.
eral Sheridan in a note TO Hon. q
+. Hoar, Chairman of the Congress
sional investigation Committee. says:
In response to inquiries of member,
of the Congressional Committee as
to the number Of persons killed anC
wounded in this State since 1866, %
count Of their political opinions,
] have to state that the number re-
ported to date is as follows: Killed
2, al wounded 2, ll5; total 4,256.'
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Railway Accident.

TITUsvILLE, Pa, February 10
The real car of the night express
south, on the Oil Greek Railroad,
was thrown from the track this even
ing BY the breaking of a rail, three
miles north of this place. Several
passengers were slightly injured.
Thomas X. Robinson, Treasurer of
the road, was seriously injured about
the head. Mr.. n. Award. of Titus
vile, had two ribs broken, and a
young girl named Mary Martin, Of
Diamond, in this county, had her
back broken. Her injuries are sup
posed to be fatal. The injured were
brought to this city.
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Bender. The Murderer.

SAN FRANCISCO, February IA
despatch from Florence, Arizona,
states that a man, supposed to be
Bender, the notorious Kansas MUIR
derer, was captured in that neigh
borhood by two lei who had tracked
him through Western Texas and
New Mexico. He will be taken to
Silver City. New Mexico, for identi.
6ea.iop,
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In is most remarkable bow the sue
cess of the Democratic party ias'
fall has again drawn to the surface
the old rebel virus. As an ins1aIce
in the Legislature Of West virgin
ia last week, Hon. J. Hanson Good
in q speech said:
aTEe nan who 'rould ossassinate
Grant and SheridU 1c0Uid secure a
fame more enduring than mat o.
Napoleon"
And yet how the Democratic press
and orators did howl, when Sheridan
called such fellows murderers and
bandilii.
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The next day, in the Senate, Mr..
Ermentrout referred to Mr.. Mckin-
levs's citation, of the Devils plea, 10
Jobs case, that "all that o man hath
will be give for his life" and was
rather hard upon his Satanic Majesty
as a legal authority. At least Mr..
Maclay thought 50; for be said that.
although be was in favor of the bin.
be did not think it was fair in the
lawyers to 60 back in this way on
their best friend, and the Senator from
Berks in so doing, was taking ad.
vantage Of bis Senatorial position
well knowing that, under his parlia
Inentary privilege, he could not be
called to account outside of the Sen.
ate for words uttered within 1t.
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HARRISBURG, PA, Feb. 3, 1875.
SENATE.

SENAAB-
The Senate passed the following
bills finally: Requiring Recorders to
keep a general index; ApprOpriating
the amount required to pay the con-
tracts for re6tting the two houses T;
to prevent the sale Of liquors near
soldiers encampments.
The following passed the second
reading:
Supplement- to the act to establish
an Insurance Department; To
authorize turnpike and plankroad
companies to abandon part or parts
Of their roads to local authorities /;
Prescribing the manner in which
railroad, turnpike and plankroad cor
porations shall consent to hold their
charters subject to the new Consti-
tuition.
The following bills were reported /:
Preventing cattle from running al
large; Providing for the measure.
ment and Inspection Of timber. Ii
provides for the appointment, by the
court of any county, Of a measureI
and inspector oftimber, with power
to inspect all timber offered for sale
and reject the unsound. The bill
does not apply TO lumber, but tim.
Der only.
The following were read in place;
Mr.. Payne-Giving courts dis.
cretionary power over costs and
counsel fees in cases Of contested
will.
Mr.. Rutsn-Giving uniformity &c
divorce DEGREES made 10 other States
also authorizing president judges tC
appoint reporters aud FIX their COM
pensations.
Mr.. Junes-Conferrins additional
jurisdiction on orphans courts.
Mr.. Notwithstanding TO ia
dicial sales and the preservation o.
liens Of mortgages.
Mr.. Ermentrout-Authorizipg tbs
holding Of separate courts at The
same time in counties having two oil
more law judges.
Mr.. Wood-Regulating the prae
tice of medicine.
Mr.. Newmyer-Authorizing State
banks to receive deposits.
Mr.. McNeill-Relative to the
pavement of streets in cities and
providing the manner of ?aymeu.
thereof.
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The Periis of.sCoasting.''

CINCINNATI, February l0.-Tbree
boys while coasting on Smith street
tonight a into an express wagon.
Barney Johnson. aged fourteen years.
was dashed against the wagon
wheel and Instantly killed. The
other two boys were severely but
not dangerously injured. All three
were on one sled,
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Hox. T. D. WARD, Of the Arkan-
sas Investigating Committee, says
that the lives Of the Republican Sen
ators aud Representatives in Con-
gress from Arkansas will be in con
s,ant danger of being taken by as
~sassination when they return home
al.er the adjournment Of Congress,
and thattbe Democracy Of the rebel
stetes are determined to make up by
g rec and fraud what they lack II
votes. His statements on this sub
ject are deserving of the closest at
tention on the part Of Congress. We
fully believe bis statements will b
attested by facts.
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HOTSE.

HOUSE.
The following bills were read in
place:
Mr.. lrwin-Providing for the in.
corporation and regulation of bank
ing companies.
MIR. Jamison-Relative to chal.
longing jurors.
Mr.. Baily-Relaiive 10 judicial
sales and liens and mortgages.
Mr.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to
the act fixing the salaries Of State
officers.
MIR. Barnett-Requiring the audit
ing Of the accounts Of school boards
and the publication thereof.
Mr.. Toner-FOr the better organi-
cation of the school districts of the
State.
The six hundred dollar exemption
bill was reported from committee
with a negative recommendation.
The following were reported favor
ably, as committed The &C to pro-
vide for the publication of the State
Agricultural Society Supplement 70
the game laws, and supplement to
the Act of 1884 relating TO the COM
pensation Of county treasurers.
The following passed hrstreadiDg :
Exempting persons receiving full
pensions from taxation Supplement
to the several laws relating to State
Treasures and Commissioners ofthe
Sinking Fund, amending the llth
section, so rs to assign the revenue
derived from the taxation Of the capt.
tai stock of railroad, canal and trans
portation companies to the exclusive
5 of the sinking fund, and all other
State taxes TO the general revenue
fund.
Mr. Christy's Stay of Execution
bill was reported f~avorably this after
noon, and ,hree thousand copies
ordered printed.
Mr.. Wendt presented the petition
Of $50 citizens of Beaver county in
favor Of the repeal Of local option,
but be and his colleague arc against
the repeal.
The House held two sessions to-
day.
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HERE is rather an irreverent but
startling comparison between the cost
Of preachers and of dogs, which we
clip from a contemporary: ut ap'
pears that the dogs of the United
States cost their owners ten million
dollars annually, while the aggregate
amount Of salaries paid to the preach
era Of all denominations througbou
the country is only six million dol
lars"
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DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS.

We the undersigned, Auditors Of Somerset County in the NM
OF pennsylvania, do certify that in pursuance Of tho 4Ttb section OF the act
entnied An Act relating to the counties and townships" &c. passed the
18th day OF April 1884, we met at the Commissioners Office in the boronab
OF Somerset on the 4h day Of January, 1875. and did audit. adjust and
settle the several accounts required of usby law. agreeabIy to the seyeraI
acts Of Assembly and supplements thereto, According ia the best of our Judo.
ments and abilities.
In wimes wheTeo! we have bereunto set our hands at the Office aforesaid
this 10th day Of January, 4, =. 1875.
Attest JACOB J. SPEICHER, r. s7
FL. koosER. JONATHAN j. WELLER. ST
Clerk DANIEL S. MILLER, t. s
Feo@ County Auditors.
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The Somerset Herald.
yEDNEsDAY. FebruarF1I Il. 1875.

THE web informed correspondent
Of the PIT .sburgh Commercial writes
to ths' paper bic opinion, that the
bill ~.epealing the "lOcsl option law"
will pass The House by a majority OF
about thirty, and if q vote can be
reached on it in the Senate, it will
also pass that branch Of the Legisla-
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NelU Advertisements,

d.. g coo per day. Agents wanted. All
So " S%O classes OF working people Of both
sexes, young and old, make more money ut WORK
for us, in their own localities, during their spare
moments, or all the time, than anything else; We
every hours work. Full PARTICULARS, terms. sc,
sent free. Send US your address at once. Don't
delay. Now is the time. Don't look for WORK or
business elsewhere until you have learned what
We offer. G.. SrINsoS & Co, Portland, Me.
janis
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A DMINISTRAToR'S NOTICE

Estate Of Abraham Manyus, lade Of Shade To.
deceased.
Letters OF administration on the above estate
having been granted to the Undersigned. notice Is
hereby given to those indebted to 1t to make i'm
mediate payment, and those having claims against
It to present them duly authenticated for settle
ment at the late residence OF the deceased ON Sat
urday, March IL, 1875.
HENRY P.J CUSTER.
lan2f Administrator.
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. DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE

Estate of John Broucher, lateor Upper TurkeyfoOt
Twp, deceased.
Letters Of administration on the above estate
having been granted to the Undersigned, notice is
hereby given 20 those indebted to il TO make imme
date payment, and those havingclaims against II
to present them duly tuthenticated for settlement
at the late residence Of decease: on wednesday,
February Il, ISIS.
SAMUEL BRCUCHER.
FREEMAN BRUUCHER,
HARRISON BROUCHER,
ianl3 Administrators.
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DMINIsTRATOR,s NOTICE:

Estate Of Samuel Miller, late OF Addison Tp,
deceased.
Letters OF administration on the above estate
having been granted TO the undersigned, notice is
hercby given to those indebted TO 1t TO make imfne-
date payment, and those having claims against il
to present them duly authenticated for settlement
on Saturday, the 9th day of February, 1875, at
the residence OF the administrator, in said town
ship. NM. MILLER,
lamp Administrators.
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NOTICE

Estate Of Robert Hunter, deceased.
Letters tcstamentary on the above estate
having been granted TO the Undersigned. notice
is n hereby givento those indebted to It to make I'M
| mediate payment, and those having cAimsagainst
IL 10 present them duly authenticttel tor settle
ment on Saturday. February 20.h, 1875, At the res
idence OF the executor
u. A. ROSS,
Executor.
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A DM~INISTRATOR's NOTICE

Estate OF Daniel Stahl, late Of Somerset Twp,
deceased.
Letters Of administration on the above estate
having been granted TO the undersigned, notice is
hereby given to those indebted to it TO make imme-
date payment, and those having claims against
Il. to present them duly authenticated for settle
ment at late residence Of deceased, or Saturday,
the 9th day Of February 1875.
WM. STAHL,
ianl3 Administrators.
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A DMINIsTRAroR's NOTICE

deceased.
Letters of administration on the above estate
having been granted to the undersigned. notice Is
hereby given TO those indebted to Il TO make imme.
date payment, aud those having claims against IL,
to pTeseatt hemd duly authenticated for settlement
~ the residence Of Henry RoyeF, Confluence. on
Thursday, the lsth Of Fehsu9sy, isl5.
WM. ROYER.
GRlf Administrator.
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We, the undersigned, Auditors of Somerset County. do hereby CO n
that in pursuance Of the 47h section of the act entitled An Act re- -
to the counties and townships" &c, passed the 18th day Of April 1907
we met 10 the Commissioners Office, in the borough Of Somerset. ~ 81
day of January, 1875, and did audit adjust and settle he account G" n
NJ. Nf, Treasurer Of Somerset County, with the COUNT, f. 80
1874, and that said account as stated is correct, aud that we e. "a bssaaa
due the said county from the said Treasurer of four thousand -eigbt b,,d.5
and eight dollars aud thirteen aud one half cents, C$tSOS 10 u
10 testimony whereof we have herrunto set our hands aP seal. ,Ms 1rb
day Of January, A. d. 1875
Arrest JACOBJ SPElC HER r. 81
.J. KoosERr JONATHAN j. WELLER +
Clerk DANIELS. MILLER
County Auditors.
GEORGE NJ. NEFF, Treasurer of Somerset County in acco,r, ,.L
the several School Districts of said eouD1y.
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. ME. LIME. LIME.

The undersigned having erected lime kilns At
Marble Hill. three miles west Of Confluence. on
the Pittsburgh & ConneilsviiIe railroad, are now
ready to ship to any point either burnt lime OF raw
limestone as may be required.
THIS lime is ~quarried from tho Marble formation
many feet below the 0west coal vein, and Of u very
superior quality
OFderslor lime or raw stone can be sent TO Csnfu.
ence ~ Hngus 4 Weber. or 70 Judge MeMillen, Of
New Lexington, Col, John Weller. OF Gehhars
burg, Philip Wolfersperger, Jr., Mineral Point
George Weber, Meyersdale, Isaac Huqus, S0mer
set. and Wallace II, Waiter Oonneilsville, which
viii be promptly attended, 10.
Oet7 HUGUS b WEBER.
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CEND 2Sc. toe. P. RowEL co, New York.
- for book (97tb edition) eHntainlng lists 0f2000
newspapers. and estimates showing cost Of adver-
tislng. yanl2
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s~SIGNEE's NOTICE.

John Nef, Of Somerset borough. having made
an assignment 70 me for the benefit Of creditors.
/ hereby give notice TO all persons interested as
creditors OF debtors TO meet at my office. at SOM
erset. for settlement on Tuesday, the d Of March.
Is S. with their claims properly made out and
proven as tho law requires.
JOHN II. UHLs
lsn2 Assignee