The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-08-01

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wan, any more militia Grine. I was
sitting Oh the hillside Just sbose
them, snppesing. Of course, ,tha. + sgas
ont " alldangss. lsaws tAsm can,
ing down With fags GyinE ana thets
officers ct their bead. 1 thpuzht
ironi the looks VI things thefed be 4.
lhght, but didn't think tbsy' IL Gre inio
us. L saw one man iabbed with a.
nayonet, aud jast then there was a
n'wi from ,be erswsl., Sssse boys on s
] the hilLbeeams sxeitrtt issl M this
minute and threw g vs. stsuesI -las
an instant 1 heard = sharp esask, of
maskeiry. and ,bs balls e.,s,s /. " sist..
hing past lhreks s1d raa. There
was g.iiy ins the bill jaa absssl.
and instIuesively when reached this
! dropped aad laid fat. The balls
whlstied abose nay head, but / Was
sale Thr wLsle affair eoa!d not
have lasted over Csc minutes, hut il
seemed years to me- - -
Many amusing scenes were wit
messed along Liberty street during
The day. At twss.y-6rss street some
parties epjoyedthefnseises ia throw.
ling rotten eggs at those engaged in
pillaging from a freight ear. For
time this demonstration was taken
good humoredly. bat as the eggs.
came thicker and faster decidedly
wholesome effect was produced, as the
persons struck seemed 10 regard The
character Of the eggs as illustrative
OF their conduct. An aged coIored
man. limping along the top Of the
stone wall, bareheaded and holding
up his hands to shield himself rom
the heat of the burning car. was
struck fair on the forehead by an egg.
the putrid substance delueine his
face. The profaae indignation ex-
pressed by this old man might have
been startling under other eireum-
stances, but on this occasion was
completely drowned by the hilarious
mirth ofthousands who witnessed the
cause OF bis discontinue. 1sa lla BE-
Further down Liberty street. be.
tween two and three O'Clock, many
were engaged in securing barrels Of
iour and the getting oil them down
over the stone wall was attended
with no little tropbls. Planks were
secured and the barrels rolled down
into the street. A maa would appear
at the top Of the wail, start barrel
and follow it quickly A number Of
women also engaged in this work.
relying upon male friends to secare
their barrels for them, as thew xoaid o
reach the street. One aged bat Wig.
orous and plueky female made three
successive failures to get a barrel.
and appearing with q fourth, deter
mined not to fail this time. Starting
the barrel she followed il man fashion
down the plank, fell over the barrel
and before she could get up the bar
rel rolled over ber, bat notwithstand-
this she bounced up, and secured the
prize with q tirm grip as Il struck the
opposite curb The crowd cheered
ana she calmly wiped the perspirs-
ton from her brow, seemingly per-
feetly satisfied with The exhibition she
had made OF herself.
The heated ruins Of the Union De-
oos and grain elevator had scarcely
9 dozen persons about them his
morning at three O'Clock. The mob
had either worn completely cut and
gone hotae, or else departed for 9TH
er scenes. Thirty-six hours of IN
-eeasing ravags aud devastation is
enough certainly to satiate or to
wear out any body of men.
All the leading banking Institutions
in the city were under guard last
night, as precautionary measure.
There were just grounds for appre.
bending thar the rioters, flushed with
the plumbers of the day, and inspired
by the feeling Of utter immunity,
might concentrate their forces and
make an attack upon some Of the
banks. As they are all well proyid-
ed with burglar proof safes, il is not
at all likely that the mob could have
obtained a angle dollar; but a visit
from them would have been very far
from agreeable, whether successful or
not.
So rapidly did the Gre spread upon
reaching the Union Depot Hotel that
number of the guests, who had re-
mained in the upper stories until the
lower ones became filed with smoke
and flame. narrowly escaped with
their lives. One OF our reporters no.
ticed man hastily emerge from a
third story window, on the Liberty
street front, and reaching with his
feet the iron arch Of the window be-
meath him, endeavored TO descend,
bat missing bis footing be fell q dis
tance Of ten Feet to the roof Of the
passage way at the side OF the build
ing and almost rolled into the street,
He recovered himself, and was loud
ly cheered as be successfully reached
the street by climbing down 3 post
at the northeast corner. The others
who. like him, had tarried too loEg,
made more graceful deseeDts, but one
of them was obliged to leap a rather
dangerous distance
Those foremost in the work Of de-
yastation and ruin we're boys of from
sixteen to eighteen years OF age, who
went about with quietude, boldness
and determination singular to OBJ
serve. One Of our reporters in fol-
lowing up the progress Of the eonaa-
grafton on Sunday. particularly no
ticed this feature. In the party who
fred the Union Depot were two
young negroes. As they entered he
depot masters Office they at once be-
gan breaking windows Three 9th
ers were not more than eighteen
years ofsge, aud Of al those immc-
iistely concerned not one seemed To
have attained the age Of twenty-five
Years
While the main portion Of The
:-owd were intent on pfilsging the
reigbt cars near The Union Depot, IN
he afternoon, thieves busted ibem-
selves 10 going through the passen
ger coaches. One Of our reporters
hearing crash Of glass. turned about
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