The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-05-08

I A~RulAhAEAs
ATTEMPTED UxoRICIDE-The news of
q terrible affair reached US from Jones
Mills. While other sections have been
furnishing the press with startling news,
It seems 10 laFe fallen TO the lot Of West
mOreland county 10 furnish her sEaie OF
that class OF reading matter. The facts,
as far as We have been able to gather them,
of this attrociOus deed, are substantially
as follows:
About two miles north of Jones Mills,
ia Donegal township, lives one Alexander
Queer. For some time past, for some
cause, the domestic circle has not been of
the most pleasant kind, and upon several
occasions Queer and his wife INDUCED III
a mailstrom of words, which made their
home anything but what it ought 10 be.
Things grew worse and worse until on
Monday Mrs. Queer lett her husband and
went to DIR. SCOTS, one OF Queer's neigh
bors. Queer, becoming exasperaled at his
wife's conduct, visited Jones Mills where
he imbibed freely OF ''ire-water, and,
being somewhat intoxicated, proceeded to
the residence OF DR.. Scott, where he found
his wife. On entering the house he made
III oo1GNAh AlfDL MT ithAn1 nti OI Tit
head, knocking her down, and in Il most
inhuman manner commenced 10 pound
her head with a stone. After feeling sat
isied Tat he had accomplished his .iend-
ish purpose. he proceeded TO the wood
shed, where he secured an axe, and, en-
terIng the house again, destroyed the cook
stove and broke up all the furniture in the
room, after which he proceededtO a cIump
OF laurel bushes a short distance from the
house, where he concealed himself. DIR.
Scott vas absent from home and his wife
was confined to her bed in an adjoining
room. A number of the ~neighbors hear
ing of the sad affair, Immediately proceed
ed TO the house, where they found Mrs.
Queer lying upon the floor, in an %insensi-
bic condition and apparently dead. Search
was Immediately instituted for Queer, and
II was not without some difficulty they
succeeded in arresting him. He was
taken 10 the office of Squire McLain,
where a strong guard kept watch over
him until Tuesday morning when he was
taken TO Greensburg and lodged in iail.
At this we learn that but little hope is en-
is entertained of Mrs. Queer's recovery,
AMI that Mrs. Scott is wing in qdite a
critical condition. Great excitement pre-
walls in the neighborhoOd and il was Nth
some difficulty that the crowd was pre-
vented from lynching Queer when he was
frs; arrested.-Nt. Pleasant Darn.
ANCIENT CAsrLEs.-What appeals to
the imaginative and reflective powers OF
man more than the ruins of some ancient
ivy covered and forsaken castle ? Poets
have invited the muses. to helpthem weave
into verse the l~egenderic chivalry and
bravery that history accOrds to their
former owners and occupants. Painters
have We'd with each other in portraying
the grandeur of their solitude and decay.
But is not the premature and social wreck
of thousands Of young people, annually, a
theme that should appeal much more
keenly to the reflective faculties of man
DR.. Il. Y. Pierce, of Buffalo, Y. Y, pre-
scribes his Golden Medical Discovery in
such affections with the most gratifying re-
suits. No known remedy equals or conn.,
pares with II in purifying and enriching
the blood, strengthening and invigorating
the nervous system. II the bowels be
consiipated, use his Pleasant Purgative
Pellets. Ia the more complicated case. Dr..
Pierce may be consulted by letter, and
will generally be able TO prescribe medi-
cines especially prepared for each individ-
ual case that viii speedily restore
nervous vigor and perfect health.
The following parties. among thousands
OF others, have either been cured b. the
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on friends
J. II. Seiiz, Cairo. Ky; Mrs. A. NJ.
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Randolph, Pa; c. b. Garfield, Chaihman
-Four Corners, n. Y; Albert c. Baston.
Washington, Ohio; Mrs. f. X. Daily,
Metropolis. Ill. John B. Ledterman. Per-
kin, H.; X y. johnson, Buffalo. n. I.;l
A. Mcclure, Albany, y. Y; l.. w. Girls
wood, Bracksville, \. y; j. W. Bayer.
Nermillion, Ill. For further particulars
see The Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser, - an illustrated work of over 900
pages, sold postpaid for 81 80. Address
tie author. DIR. II. Y. Pierce, Buffalo.
y. y.
HAVE VOC a CoUGH.-That dry, hack
ing cough is the herald OF approaching
consumption. To check the swift pro-
gress OF the destroyer, prompt and deci-
,ive measures must be resorted 10. A
dose of DR.. Morris Syrup of Tar. Wild
Cherry and Horehound. taken when the
coughing comes on, will afford immediate
and eventually effect a thorough
1t will be found equally beneficial
n all forms of throat and lung disorders.
In cases of Group ii is Of incsiimable val
le.
For sale by G.. W. Bentord, Somerset,
md Mountain & Co., Confluence.
Also Agents for Prof. Parker's Pleasant
Worm Syrup. which is perfectly safe.
Extremely palaiable. No physic required.
costs % cents. Try it. !