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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
The liners strike.

HAZELToN, Pa, April 1.-THE ex-
element which began here some
four weeks ago has IS far sabsided
as to leave no items of Importance to
communicate tonight. Inquiries at
military headquarters, SIS well as
among both operators and miners,
fail to produce any reports OF import
ant movements in any quarter.
The troops retsin their respective
positions as announced in the earlier
dispatches of the campaign. No
official intelligtnee has yet been re-
ceivcd from the sheriff a. 10 his de-
cision relative TO the detention oil the
troops, and the impression still pre-
walls that the necessity for their pres
ence has not been removed.
tits reported that have been made
to have the First Philadelphia rsgi-
ment recalled and heir places sup
piled by another regiment, and that
General Osborne strongly objects 10
such change being made, rs 1t was
bis earnes request that the First
regiment was assigned to this duty,
and be desires their presence so long
as be remains. The newspaper re-
porlers are leaving town, and several
have already gone home.
WILKEsBARRE, April 1.-THE
miners OF the Lehigh aud Wilkesbarre
company are fully determined not to
resume work unless their demands
for an advance Of ten per cent. was
granted. A committee Of i've min
ers from District No. II, Miners
National Union, of W~ilkesbarre, pub
Iished a state ne t t,-d.y alnoln ing
that the men would stay out for three
months yet, or longer if necessary.
The Hyde Park miners are furnish
ing money for the Wyoming miners.
They seem to have plenty of funds,
and the fight between them aud the
company is further than ever from q
solution. On Saturday last $500
were sent here, and the president and
secretary Of yesterdays meeting stat
ed that So, 900 are expected within a
few days for the maintenance of their
rights.
There are 10000 men of the Lee
high and WIlkesbarre company alone
who are idle, and several thousand
more of operators who are awaiting
the action Of the company and the
miners. No outrages of any kind
have been committed, and there are
no fears of any in this section at
present unless there should be an eff
fort to vote upon resumption, which
would be prevented at all hazards.
Business is badly Frustrated through.
out the valley on account Of the long
continued strike.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
UnIon pacinc Flood.

OMAHA, April l7.-0ficial reports
from the scene of the flood on the
Union Pacific Railroad state that last
night Superintendent Earle walked
through fscm the west to Green Riv-
err station. Sixteen bridges are gone
west of there, and the road washed
badly. The water rose three feet
Yesterday and is still rising rapidly.
OMAHA, April 1.-THE river here
has fallen ten inches in the last p
hours. 1t is still impossible to tell
to what extent the road bed on the
Union Pacific is damaged. The dis
trict is about lT5 miles in length, but
il is only at occasional places that
any damage is done. The water has
receded some to-day. West hound
passengers lying at Rock St'iings
have been transferred to G-een river
bv wagons. aud east bound passen-
gers vi~ce-versa. The railroad COM
pany are caring for them as kindly
as circumstances will admit. There
are about eight hundred emigrants
and three hundred passengers lying
here waiting for the removal of the
blockade. The company are also
caring for eniigrants here at their
own expense. As soon as the water
recedes 50 that it can be done, they
will put on a line of stages, and trans
fer the passengers and mails over the
break.
SALT LAKE, April 1.-THE food
in the valley of Bitter Greek, Wy
oming, is still reported on the in
crease. Three Union Pacific bridges
are now reported gone, as also the
road bed in many places, and that
nothing Can be done toward repairs
till the water falls. The trouble ex-
tends for a distance Of about ten
miles. Four teams came through
from Rock Springs to Green river
station to-day, having been charter
ed by some passengers to bring Them
over the hills. A freight train was
expected to leave Ogden to-day, but
was discontinued ON account Of an
other wash-out reported this side OF
Green river. The mountain streams
are rising, on account of the rapidly
melting snow, and there will prOba.
bly, be difficulties from this cause al
other points soon. There can be nc
time fixed for trains to commence
running again, as that will depend
on the weather, which is how quite
warm, and, there being an unusua
amount of snow, damage to the track
will probably increase rather than di.
minish for the next week or ten days
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
Rough Treatment ola NOrthcrner In
the Woods of Tennessee.

MEMPHIS, April IA young
man, named Julius d. Lavarda, ar
rived here to-day on the steamer
Grand Tower, from Hale's Point.
He relates that some three weeks
since be landed there and started for
Dyersburg a foot. In the woods be
met a negro, who begged him for
money to obtain food, aud in giving
him some he .boughtlessly displayed
his pocket-book, seeing which the
negro drew a pistol and fred at him,
the ball striking hin in the top OF
the head, partially stunning him.
The negro then stabbed him several
times with a pocket knife and, after
robbing him, fed. 4 farmer living
near, having heard the shot and the
screams of Lavarda, fastened to the
spot and had him conveyed to hi;
house, where he lay for several days
unconscious, but yesterday he was
enabled to leave for this city, tC
which point his passage was paid by
his host Lavarda states that hi:
father is a farmer near Newark, New
Jersey, and that be has a brother
who is a wholesale merchant 10 New
York. He will be cared for by the
Chief of Police until his friends car
be heard from.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

AT the session of 1874, the Legis.
~lature of this State passed an act i'm.
posing q tax Of three cents per ton.
on the franchises Of corporations il
this State mining and selling coal
Judge Pearson, of the Court of Com.
mon Pleas of Dauphin County, has
Just decided the act to be unconstitu
%tional, and an appeal has been taken
to the Supreme Court. Should this
court sustain the court below, the
Treasury will lose about $500, 600 Of
annual revenue from this source, and
the next Legislature viii have to de,
wise ways and means to supply the
deficit. We take no stock in the ru'
NOR already widely circulated by the
sensational press, that the Governor
coatemplates calling an extra session
of the Legislature during the coming
summer, for the purpose of providing
for the deficiency.
After the Supreme Court has de-
cided the question, it will be time
enough to think of supplying The
deficit, should its decree create one
and the public may rest fully satisfied
that the Governor will not, except o
dire necessity. reassemble the incom
petent Legislature of last winter
over whose adjournment the people
SO lately reioiced.
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QUE NEw YOnK LETTER.
NV YoRk. April I9th, 1915

New YORK, April 18th, 1875.
A SHORT But TRUE STATEMENT TO
YOUNG MEN FROM THE COUNTRY.
The ambition Of half the young
men from the country is to get TO
some large city, New York being, of
course, the first choice. The young
mas who has to arise at four and go
out into the rain or snow, as the case
may be, and do the chores on q farm,
before the regular days work begins,
very naturally desires come life less
exacting and less laborious. He
takes q trip to the nearest city, and
sees the spruce young men with their
hair parted in the middle standing in
graceful attitudes behind the coun-
tiers, and he so envies them the
pleasant, elegant { they lead, that he
makes up his mind to get there him
self, and il be has nerve enough, be
docs it. Let US see whether be has
made q change for the better or not.
A. t. Stewart & Co., the largest
dry goods dealers in the United
States, employ 10 their uptown store
about seven hundred statesmen Of all
grades. These men are ruled by a
discipline as rigid as that of n Prus-
sian army. They are required to be
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

THElste House Of Representatives
Of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vsnia, appointed a committee to in
vestigate the books and OF
the State Treasurer. This commit
tee, clothed with about as much right
and authority as if it had been APP
pointed by the energetic Town Coun-
ell Of Meyersdale. assembled at Har-
risburg last week, and made formal
demand at the counter Of the Treas.
utter for permission TO examine the
books and vccounts of that institu-
tion, when-doubtless 10 their pro-
found astonishment-tbey were po-
litely informed that Mr.. Mackey was
absent, but that be had left instruc-
lions that they were to he afforded
every facility TO aid them in their in
vestigation. The committee then de-
cided to select q subcommittee to
prosecute the inquiry, and as the
Philadelphia Times remarks, when
the matter is ended they will be like
the noted swine that crswled through
the crooked. hollow log to get into
rich pastures, and was COMPOUNDED
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
The Rhode Island Election.

Providence, r. l., April I6.-The
second trial in this city to-day tc
elect q Senator and nine representa-.
tives in the General Assembly, result.
ed in the choice Of the regular Re.
publican ticket, supported by the
liquor interest by $50 majority. This
probably securses the election OF
Henry Lippitt to the Office of Cover
nor, and the repeal of the prohibi-
tionary and State.constabulary laws.
Several arrests were made for bribery
and illegal voting.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

The Chicago Times has been gath
ering information from all parts OF
the Northwest in relation to the
wheat crop of that section, which
gives hopeful promise Of bountltul
haryests. The acreage planted IN
winter wheat is everywhere quite as
large and in some sections larger
than usual. The heavy snowfalls in
the Northwest have protected the
sp%routing crops from the rigors OF the
unusually cold winter, so that COM
paratively q small proportion of the
grain planted has been f~rost-killed.
A similar condition of the wheat crop
was recently reported from Kentucky,
where, duHng the cold weather OF
February ana March the young crop
was safely inerusted in a protecting
coat Of CLASSY ice. Both in the North
west and in the more central of the
Western States the opening spring
finds the wheat fields covered with q
hardy stand Of wheat, which, with
an ordinary favorable growing sea
son, will produce good harvests. The
acreage planted and preparing to be
planted 10 spring wheat seems gen.
e.ally 10 be larger than usual.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21


THE Louisiana question" which
has been such a God-send to the
Democratic shouters, has at last been
amicably adjusted on the basis pre-
pared by the Congressional commit
tee having the matter in charge. On
Friday last the House Of Represen-
tives Of that State, by q vote of 81
to Is, adopted the report Of the com-
mittee, awarding the contested seats
to the members whom the Congress
lional committe decided to be elected
The claimants to seats who were rul-
ed out, gracefully submitted to the
decision and quietly withdrew. a
Conservative Speaker was elected IN
place of the usurping Witt, and a
resolution acknowledging Kellogg as
Governor and pledging him support,
was adopted by a vote Of 81 to Is
So a fresh and honest start has been
made in Louisiana to the satisfaction
Of everybody except the Warwieks'
Of the Independent press who
want it understood, you know, that
this adjustment is not to be made a
precedent, you know, for adjusting
future difficulties of q similar nature,
when the banditti Of the Southern
States desire to resist the Inaugural.
ton of Republicans elected by the
people. We congratulate the coun.
try 10 its fortunate possession OF SC
efficient a peaee-maker as Lieutenant
General Philip Sheridan.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
Freshess on the Union Pacific Rail-
road.

OMAHA, April I6.-The high water
which has for several days past de-
layed the trains on the Union Pacific
Railroad has finally become so high
that travel is entirely suspended be-
tween Laramie City, Wyoming, and
Ogden, Utah. The water is six feet
deep in many places and still rising.
Passenger trails which left here on
the 18th, 14th and 18th of April are
lying at Laramie City and Rawlings,
while those which left Ogden since
the 18th are lying at points west OF
Green river. All are in good quarters
and are well cared for. The officials
Of the Union Pacific advise travellers
for Utah and California not to start
until notice of the blockade being
broken is given.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
The Black Hills.

OMAHA, April ia despatch
from Fort Laramie, Wyoming, to-
day, says that Captain Mix's com
pany of the Second Cavalry, who
were sent after the mining party at
Harney's Peak. have secured the
whole of them, consisting of sixteen
men, one woman and a boy. They
are expected to arrive at Fort
Laramie on April 18th.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
PIETRo
Execution ora Louisiana Murderer.

New ORLEANS, April I6.-BrowD,
a negro, was hanged four miles from
Greensburg this morning for the muir
der Of James w. Clinton, an attorney
of st. Helena parish, on the 18th OF
December last. He was convicted on
circumstantial evidence. The Plea
yune publishes the confession of the
murderer, giving the particulars of
the killing. Brown overlook Clinton
riding along the road, and shot him
with a single barrel pistol. On being
shot Clinton dismounted and walked
to a tree a short distance from the
road. Brown went up to him, when
Clinton told him to take bis horse
and what be had, and that he (Clin-
tom would say nothing about it.
Brown then drew his knife and cut
the horse's throat, aud after giving
Clinton ten minutes TO pray, cut his
throat, took his watch and valua.
bles, and left him. This was on Fri.
day, and Clinton's body was found
on the following Sunday, and the
conclusion Of the coronor's jury vas
that Clinton bad fingered until that
morning.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

THE ~protracted lockout at Pits
bu.gh is ended. Fires have again
been kindled in the furnaces, and the
puddlers have gone to work. Pitts
burgh's business has suffered I'M
mensely by the long stOppage OF her
iron furnaces and mills. Thousands
OF working men and their families
were brought to the verge Of starva
ton. and the streets Of the city were
filed with idle men and i~mportunat'
beggars. Naturally there is great
rejoicing al the end Of the strike, and
business is said to be assuming
healthy tone.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
wife Murder i'm baltimore

BALTIMORE, April 12.-About
eleven O'Clock this morning, q woman
named Catharine Darrough was
found dead in bed at her home, cor.
ner of Spring and Hammond streets,
with marks of violence on her person.
She is supposed to have been muir
dered by her husband and a laboreT
who returned home from Texas last
September. Her husband has fled
Both parties have been leading q
dissipated life for some time past,
and have bad frequent qnarrels dur
ing their drunken brawls- She Is
fftv-four years old.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
Further Outrageous Tyranny by the
Strikers.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, April 10
Within d day or two there has been
efforts at several of the collieries in
this vicinity to prevent the mining of
enough Of coal to keep the engines at
work to pump the water out of the
mines. The works of Charles Hutch
%iGson, near Kingston, have been idle
since the strike was first inaugurated
in this valley, but c al sufficient to
keep the machinery running was
mined. During this week, however,
the plan OF intimidation sracticed in
Hazleton region before the outbreak
was begun among Mr.. Hutchinson's
workmen. On Thursday morning
tSe few miners who had been dig
ging the coal to run the engine re-
fused to enter the mines again
through fear of their lives if they did
so. David Foster, the mine boss,
has beer threatened with death if he
does not stop work. Several labor
ers have also been threatened. II
the men are thus inundated any
length of time serious damage to the
mines will be the result. These are
the first instances of the kind il the
Wyoming region during this strike,
and ifthey spread to the other col.
leries or are continued the operators
will have to ask for protection for
men to mine coal for the engines.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
A River EncrOaching Upon n Gene.
terry.

Sioux Cry. April l6.-The Floyd
river food continues to wash away
the city cemetery. Thus far over
thirty graves have been washed
away and their contents swept down
into the Missouri river. Workmen
are now engaged in opening the
graves and taking out the collins in
order to save them from the food.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
Fire at Emporium.

EMPORIUM. April IA FIRE last
night burned a billiard saloon and
dwelling.
A fire in Driftwood this morning
burned the Driftwood hotel and a
dwelling occupied by three families.
another small dwelling house, billiard
saloon and a number of small out
houses. The Parshell hotel was bad.
" s~eorched. The fire department
with a steamer, went from Remove
to Driftwood to assist. The FIRE is
now under control.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

hot to have held them, in two hours
time. IL Beeeher is innocent, be Is
not the sbrewd man the world has
given him credit of being.
There is fun 10 this tragedy, how.
ever. The idea of three bearded
men-one accused Of sedueing the
wife of another-all agreeing to for
give each other, and sealing it With q
kiss. BAH The idea-but | CAM
dwell on this. Beecher swears Wig.
ously, dramatically and foreibly. Hi;
story is ingenious and symmetrical,
and is having effect. Poor Tilton
Poor Beecher!
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
A Sad Tragedy.

ST.. LOUIS, April l6.-Mrs. Irwin,
a highly respectable young widow
lady, Of Hannibal, tied a clothes line
around herself aud little girl six
years old, fastened the other end to a
stake 10 the ground, and then taking
the child in her arms deliberately
walked into Bear creek and both
were drowned. Financial cmbar-
rassment and disappointment in
love is understood to be the cause Of
the act,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

V1cE President WILSON appears
70 be as ~notionste as q venerable VIZ.
ain 81 sivtv. lie was to have sailed
for Europe last week, but at the las
momcnt changed his mind, on dis
covering that none Of bis Predeces
sors had ever left the country, durinl
he official term.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

ASSISTANT L. S. Attorney Gener'
al Hill has resigned, his retirement
to take place Immediately after The
adjournment Of the Supreme Cour'
in Nav. Washington gossip says
that Hon. John Cessna is az aPph
cant for the position. We do no.
know whether this is true or other
wise, but Mr.. Cessna would certai'
~ 6ll the Office creditably and dis.
charge its duties efficiently.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

at coming out On the same side Of the
fence, and Just about the same place
she started in at"
The Democratic Hou Sc when pass
ing the bill raising this committee
didn't expect to be allowed to MAKE
an investigation, and didn't want to
make one. They only wanted to
make capital for the next campaign
out Of the anticipated refusal OF the
State Treasurer to permit them to
overhaul his Office, and Mr. Mackey.
by his suaye invitation to pitch right
in has so effectually pricked that
bubble, that the State is in a broad
grin from the Delaware to tie Ohio
over the disconnected Democratic
spectators, who thought there vas
millions in it,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
NEW ORLEANS.
LegisIative Proceedings.

NEW ORLEANS, April 1.-THE
House completed its reorganization
by electing Trezevant clerk, and
other Conservative officers.
The terms OF the award was car.
ried out in the senate By unseating
Elan, Democrat, and by seating F.
S. Goode, Democrat, in place of Croz.
Ter (colored), Republican. The joint
resolution recognizing the Kellogg
government was adopted with bu.
two dissenting votes. During the
day a large number of reform bills
we've introduced.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
The Louisiana Leyisiature.

New ORLEANS, April I9.-TLe
House Of Delegates reorgauized to-
day electing Estillette, Compromise
Conservative, as Speaker. EsriIlette
was supported by Governor Kellogg
and the solid Republican vote, and
was elected by so to 81 for Wilt.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

EX-SENATOR BEN. WADE, whose
n~oni,ation for Governor had appa-
ron,lv been settled upon by the Re-
nnblicans Of Ohio, has announced
That under DO circumstances VIII ne
assent to becoming a candidate.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

A srocKHoLDER of the New York
New Haven and Hartford Railway
has obtained from one Of the Connec-
lieut. Courts, a preliminary injunctio
restraining the officers of that road
from issuing passes to any one, OF
transporting any passenger without
receiving from him the regular fare.
The complainant bases his petition
ON the ground that the granting Of
free passes diminishes his profits as a
stockboldor. The President OF the
Company has issued orders to the
conductors to collect fare from all
passengers, no matter whether they
have passes or not.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

IT is announced by Eastern Journ-
als that Hon. Butler B. Strang ana
Colonel Worth, Of Lebanon, have
both declined being candidates ior
State Treasurer. Both gentlemen
had many warm friends pressing 'oel'
nomination.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
Counting spinner. balance ON Hand.

The counting of the funds 10 the
custody Of the Treasurer of the Unit
ed States, which viii be necessary
before Mr.. New assumes Office, will
consume about two weeks, and will
not commence for about two months.
The whole amount, incla ding nation
al bank bonds, is one thousand mil
lion dollars.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

GOV. HARTRANFT, OF Monday, the
18th inst, signed the bill repeating
the local option law" and enAellng
new license Law in its stead MS
delay in signing the bill was causeu
bv his protrscied illness.
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Telegraph Operator at B~iairsSiiie In
tersection Killed by the Cars.

BLA1RsvILLE, Pa, April III.
G. Ogden, oldest son of Major j. b
Ogden, vas run over last night by a
freight train at BlairsTille Intersec
ton. Both legs were crushed to q
ielly. lie lived until seven O'Clock
this morning. Deceased was night
operator at the Intersection.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

The City Councils OF Baltimore
have passed, and the Mayor has
signed. an ordinance selling the city
interest in the Pittsburgh and Con.
pellsville Railroad to the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad Company for the
sum of one million dollars, payable
in annual installments. The amount
Of the city's claim was about two and
a half millions. The b. 4 .. road
will now have complete control of the
ConneIlsyille, and it is said contem-
plate large improvements, looking to
making it & profitable property.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

AT the second trial in Providence
Rhode Island, on Friday last, to elect
Senator and nine Representatives
in the General Assembly, The regular
Rannbliean ticket, supported by the
Iionor interest. was successful by
majority o. three hundred and fifty
This gives the regular Republicans q
majority 10 the Legislature and Sc
crres tb. election Of their candidate
for Gorernor-Henry Lippit.