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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-09-04
THE RIuE KILN CL.UE
Brother Gardner Answers Dennis
kearney.

Las mite ez | sat on dc front doah.
step mendin' de handle Of one Of de
ole woman's a%a,irons," began Brother
Gardner, as the notes Of the triangle
died away, "long cum dat niger
T~hornapple Scott. He was puffin,
an blown az fannin' hisselF Wild his
hat, au' de mint he cotehed sight o.
me he rushed in an called out:
"'BTudder Gardner, dis kentry am
all gwine to rain! Starvashun looks
de poor man squar ia de eye, dar am
no work fur dc laborer, an' de tax
gatherer heb go, Us by de frJat!
81 looked up to see if dat niger
he'd gone crazy, an den | axed him
to look aroun' az see de new houses
gwine upin cherry direkshun. axed
him to disremember dat kaliker was
only four and FIVE cents q yard, but
ter fifteen cents 4 pound. iiouer low,
Eaters wGy down, an clothin' cheap
huff to bust half de dealers, an be sot
down an replied:
"'Deed, sab, bns eat's de fack-
dat's De fGck.'
al axed him 10 lJok across de
cO'ner lot en- see de droEes # work
in'men gNInc home to der families af.
ter de labors OF de dag, an' he Looked
an' replied:
"'Deed, sab, but dey htz BIN to
work, | reckon
II went inter de cabin an brought
out my tax receipts for &c two Vars
back an showed him dat de- taxes for
dis var war FIVE dollars less dan
las" an be hitched aroun' an said !;
"''Deed, sab, but de speeches Of
de pollytishuns an dc facks in de case
dean hang togeder.'
Den ] stood him up agin de house
wharf ] could look him sqnar' in de
eye, an | said Thornapple Scott,
you AN q good 'nuff niger for COM
mon weather, but you'd better kiver
yer head wild o blanket if q rain
storm comes up. You talk about de
gwine TO ruin, an yit you loaf
nroun' an let yer wife an' d~arters
wash an iron. an support ye! You
talk about starvation lookin' de po'.
man in &c face, an yit you haven't
worked q day far six months! You
-aik about de tax-gatherer, an yit you
leber paid c cent of taxes in yer
ife! Go home, nigger~-skip outen
lis locality aforc some mule kicks ye
u death 1t am you an de oder
oafers an lighthouses who am ali dc
inc BLOWN SIGH nonsense, while
yer families am diggin' utter hard
work to keep We in food an whisky ~
"Gemleu, dat niger skipped. lie
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British RroaGstuas

LONDON, August 27-Tho MarA
Lane Express, in its weekly review
Of the British corn trade, says: The
weather has been dull the past week
Rain fell every day. Much delay
was consequently experienced 10 her-
vest operatiocs. In the earlier dis
tricts Of home counties the land has
been pretty well cleared Of rereiIs,
bat in some fields the cops are still
standing, while in the north a large
proportion of the barley is still uncut.
In the south of Eagland the barley
crop appears to be TO a great extent
o failure. Ia midland counties, where
more favorable hopes were expressed,
the prospects have changed decidedly
for the worse Scotch agricultural
advices on The whole ere favorable,
both as regards wheat and barley,
bat as the weather has been broken
and shcwery, some anxiety is felt.
Besides interruption to field labor re-
cent heavy rain almost put a stop to
tAresbiug. and farmers marketed very
little wheat at Mark Lane or pTOvin-
cial markets. Should wet weather
prevail during the remainder Of the
harvest i il more than likely q sub
stantial enhancement OF values will
take place, especially now that the
French crop is seriously deficient and
the marvel US yield Of spring wheat
10 America is more than doubtful
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-09-04
The M0Onshiuers

WASHINGTON. August 2S-Tbs
Commissioned of Internal Revenu,
this morning received the following
telegram:
STATEsvILLE, n. C, August IS
! have just returned from a raid with
Captain Eryau's force Of special dep.
uties ia ladkin county, and found
tbirty.nine still houses, fifteen recent
ly in operation. We captured AID
destroyed five ellis and fixtures,
about thirteen bushels of meal, one
HUNDRED aud forty three stands OF
beer, fifteen thousand gallons mash
aid beer, five hundred gallons pun
mGcs, three hundred and fifty FIVE
gallons low wines, aad twenty gal
ior 4 Whiskey.
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BALTiM0EE. Aug ga satck-
ing case Of jussnile i~cprarisy occur
red at Brookiyn, Anne Arundel cuun-
~, nea~ this city. Yesterday Two
boys. aemed Cha. Arts and Wisely
Slasshury, sesl respectively seven
and eight ,ea ~hile playiag %
tbs b,ach discovered the a,.ii b,dy
.ef : a,sie eh,Ii nmiius ,l tie "a
lc- rlsy ss'ied ia AID dfsy il
asa.lr-, aud ias-csd 4 being te- = ted
~ re -ishJ began 10 play 18th t.
Oae " tAc bays hayiog . barlow
Sni.o wen: 10 = house in the viciaity
and sl.rpened i, on = yriudstpne
Tees then returned % the sceua and
proceeded 10 cut the body 10 pieces.
and were Only prevented from doing
so by beiBg unable to cut through the
bones. They attached 4 string %
the lefi ankle aad tried to hang he
body % 2 fence. It being tco heavy
for ihem they pushed i, into the wa.
ter, where i. was found later IL The
day. \ corcuer was summoned. ond
tho boys, thoroughly f5igh..aed, sta
ted that they were only playiag with
the body.
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New Yorn Rspas,,eau-.

SARATOGA, Aug. 29-Abyut sue
hundred Republicans are present "a
response to the call Of the circular II
A. B. Cornell. John J Townsend. Of
New York. was chosen chairman,
and Charles E Smith, Of he Alba
ny Euering journal. secretary 4
letter from Senator |. sees C,hkiire
was read, as follows.
UREA, Aug 2S-Ny Dsar Ser /;
| have your no.e saying that . uuna-
Der Of Republicans will meet 81 SA9-
atoga 10 morrow 20 take c.uasel t.
gether. This seems 10 me wise SEd
timely. TIE government Of he
country Is passing absolutely into the
lands of those who 80 lately sought
to destroy it, not stopping until they
had flied the land with woe, and
burdened it with debt and taxes
which nog rect SO heavily upon US
This is not vice fer any section.
Raids on the treasury, vast IN
amount and without right or honesty,
ere mastering for the time when q
solid south. dominating the demo-
cratic party, as it viii and must, shall
again rule both houses Of congress.
Wild schemes Of Republication ana
financial chaos and revolution find
encouragement or every hand, and
in most Of the statos the democratic
party is being drawn into a whirl-
pool of fallacious, short sighted theo-
ries. Equality before the law and
political rights and liberty, which the
recent amendments to the constItu-
lion were ordained to establish, are
becoming only a mockery throughout
the south, and free elections are not
permitted 10 several states New
York, which is the greatest CONNER
cial state and by far the largest tax
payer in the Union, has e vas: stake
10 all these things, aud the n great
reliance in regard to them Gil is, l
believe, the Republican party. Ger
tainly, the time is ft for the Republi-
cans Of New York TO come together
in earnest harmony, ignoring person
al and minor Issues, and joining heart
and hand in one just and high pnr-
pose 10 preserve national security
and honesty and 10 protect human
rights. would Ike 10 meet you all
ss you propose, bat it seem better
that | remain away. | see it caarg-
ed that a claim 70 be returned 10 the
Senate has been set up by ne. You
know, but all others may lot kaOw,
how far this is from the truth |
know and feel that if any one has a
claim on the Republican party, | am
not the man. The claim is altogeth-
er the other the other way. / have
been honorcd too much and too oftea
not TO feel a deep and binding sense
of obligation to the party and to its
members, and a sincere regret that |
have been no better able 70 deserve
aud repay their confidence. No per-
sonel claim or individual ~iateses,
should even seem to enter your con
ference. No mans will or wish de-
serves to be balanced for u momeng
against unity and success al a time
like this. Sincerely yours,
Roscoe CoNKLING"
The Hon. AlonzO b. Cornell"
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A Dead Mans Hidden Hoard

READING. Pa. August 30.-About
$l2, 900 in United States Government
binds ard Uuion Pacific Railroad
bonds vas discovered yesterday NOR
ming hidden in the wall Of a room in
the residence Of the late John A. Au-
teubaeb. an old aud prominent citizen
Of this city, who died a few days ago.
Some persons were removing a safe
from n position which i; lad occupied
for a long time, when it was diseov-
cred that some brick in the wall had
been displaced, and upon removing
them the package containing the bonds
was discovered.
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shot Down in "a Court Room.

NASHVILLE, Tenn August &C.
A special despatch from Princeton,
Ky, to the Nashville Au,erican says:
j. w. Riggs and j. W. Lnttrell. sus.
pected Of the Rattle robbery, were
tried today, but DO evidence was
produced, aud they were dismissed.
The charge against them Of carrying
metal knuckles was sustained While
their trial for tha. offence was pro
ceediDg, George Ratliife obtained
conclusive proof that they were the
men who chloroformed his wife and
did the robbery. A negro youth ap-
peared in the court room, and saying,
''Tbem's they pointing Riggs and
Luttrell cut, both broke to run, when
AL Ratlilfe shot Lutrell as be was
going out the door, and George and
William RatliGe shot Riggs, who
died st the foot Of the Judges beach.
Public opinion is in favor Of the Rat
liifes. Riggs hailed from Iowa, and
Lu;rell from near Knoxville, Tenn.
Riggs requested 10 have bis mare.
which be is suspected 10 have stolen,
sold and The money applied to bis de-
cent burial. lie did not want his
people to know Of his death. George
Ratliifs is cashier Of The Princeton
Rank
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A Democratic C-oDgressniau COauseIs
Resistance To FEDERAL Authority.

WASHINGTON, August 29.-Thr
Democrats Of Norih Carolina, being
at a Ipss f. sufficient ammunition 10
Rouse the DemCcca'ic vote Of the
Tar heel State, have eSpou~ed the
cause # The moDnshiaers, and by the
singular ethics f modern Democratic
p%.litics in That State are couuselios
f1rciLle resistance TO the officers Of
In'e all Revenue. Mr.. Seal s,
who made for himself rather q scaly
reputation during the late session ot
Congress, has been making q speech,
an abstract of which has been fJr-
warded TO the Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue for his information.
Scales advises the citizens of his dis
trict to combine against any further
efforts o. the part Of the Federal
officers 10 enforce the lars against
illicit distillalion, claiming thai Tie
people had q perfect right 70 msLu-
~facture their own spirits free of duty.
AS Scales voted for the very laws
which be is 10 ~caulseling opposi-
top to, be may be set down as a
type Of demagogue which would
put flendrick L Wright aud kearney
to the blush.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-09-04

WE publish in another column Of
this issue, the reflections of Brother
Gardner, of the Lime Kiln Club, and
commend them to all who are inclined
10 train with Dennis Kearney, aud
fellows of his kidney.
There is much force and sound
sense in the moralizing Of the old man
if they but have the wit to understand
-
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per day. New York, st. Louis, Jack
son and Columbus are aiding. But
one or two consalescent persons so
far"
THE SUFFERERS AT cANToS-EyERY
CASE FATAL.
Tae Times c,rresps nd sat at Can
ton, Mis-, under date IF tho 9th,
says: Il arrived here Sunday last.
Pretty tough times. Not Il single
business house opened except two
drug stores Once q p%opuls,ion of
$500, but now only sevenl-Gse
are 10 be found here. Mayor aud
family sick, and Board Of Aldermen
fed. Court House locked up and
officers gone to some safe place.
Nothing but collins and heirses to
be seen on the street. Some thirty
five or forty cases CT yellow fever
here. The death list includes Miss
Steel, Mrs. Fulton, the three Misses
Henry, DR.. Mckay, Mrs. Garrett,
Miss Brutball, &c. Many negroes
have died within The past few days.
The few whites now here are scared
because not q single case Of yellow
fever has been doctored successfully
No person attacked has recovered.
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ARACE Win A.rLOOo.

TERRoRs OF A NEVADA CLOUD BURST.
Yesterday about IL O'Clock, while
the citizens of Reno were wishing for
another shower, Thomas canyon,
southwest Of Reno. was visited by
the largest ,loud-burst " expert,
eneed in this section Of the country.
The torrent seemed to gather about
Mount Rose and was partly broken
at that point. Its main force was
spent lower down, at a point be-
tween Douglass camp and what is
called the new mill. Douglass is work
lag about one hundred and fifty men,
and his camp is two and a halt miles
below the point where the torrent
fell and in Thomas canyon. The
line of force was north aud south, or
across the canyon, and huge masses
of earth and rock were hurled down
the side Of the mountain by the food.
Logs were carried away, and huge
stumps which could moi have been
moved by ordinary force were torn
up by the roots.
The torrent was at times 200 yards
wide aud Is inches deep. then as the
canyon confined the waters ii would
be 90 yards wide and probably four
feet in depth. This huge solume Of
water sped down the canyon, car
rying oil before it masses of wood,
trees, rccks and earth were carried
along with it. Two hundred and
itty cords Of wood acre scattered
from where they where awaiting ship
men,, carried away and partially
buried in tne sand. In Il pace
the water tore its wey directly
through the side ot the canyon max
ing 3 cut ID fces deep and twenty feet
wide. From these facts some idea OF
the force If this deluge may be form-
ed The cloud continued to d. Gu ,rge
its burded for three hours, hen it
ceased, and the waters were soon
spread OUT over the plain below.
Two men harprued to he ear the
DoinJ of contact when the waters
began 20 fail, aad fearing fer the
safety OF Douglass men ono Ut Jhese
started down the mountain ,ice at
the top OF .is speei u wt-n the
men Here ensured at txciiing rare.
The messenger, assured that there
del,h IN the camp below, re-
doubled his sp,ed, while the Angry
lpod erept along beside him. IA If
con, cious Of bis Intention to warn its
victims. Here and there a mass uf
rocks or pile If logs would stop the
flood, and The ruaner would gain, but
SOON the Instructions would give
way with o crash, aud be would
again be urged t, his utmost speed
to keep ahead. The camp was at
last reached however, and the few
men Who were about got out Of
way just as the angry waters
broke upon the camp and carried
everything portable down The noun,
Iiain side -Reno (Neu) Gdx-ne.
tu0usf Ia
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Killed by n Lnnafic.

RICHMOND, August ga sad az.
fair occurred in the Lunaiic Asylum
On Sunday, resulti0g in the death OF
Gen John +. Taliaferro, an aged
inmate. Captain Newton Cda1ins-
ham, an iGmIte, went crszy a ye4r
az on the suhjsct Of the lying ma
chine, and speat most Of his time IL
constructing one. Gen TaliaterrO,
who was an ~inofensive party, So
Years old, was sitting Sulday morn
ing with Cunningham talking about
the l%a:ter's hobby, and remarked
"l1l bet my hat that the machine is a
~izz.e." when birmingham jerked up
a STICK and Knocked the General down,
killing him alm 'st Instantly Gen I.
had been a prJmile. ci izsa Of Vir-
ginia, aud was a licutesant in The
war II 1912
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-09-04

! NO n can be sick when the stonl-
, ich, blood. liver and kidneys are heal
Ply, and lI1P Bitters keep them 81.
| The greatest nourishing tonic. appe.
.izer, strengthened and curative on earth
Hop Bitters."
IL is impossible to remain long sick
pr out OF health, where Hop Bi;ters are
why do Hop Bit;ers cure 50 muchg
Because they give good digestion. rich
blood and healthy action Of all organs.
No matter what your feelings or all
'mcnl is. Hop Bitters viii do you good ~
Remember, Hop Bitiers never does
harm, but good, alwaysa and continually.
Purify the blood, cleanse the stomach.
and sweeten the breath with Hop Bit
iters.'
Quiet nerves and balmy sleep in Hop
|Bitters.
NO health with inactive liver and
urinary organs without Hop Biiters."
Try Hop Cough Cure and Pain Rsiief
q SALE BY
O. w. SPEERS, omerset. Pa
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Poor widow Murders Her chill.
drcn.

CINCINNATI, o., August ga
special despatch states bat Mary
Dean, q widow, living near His
boro', No, murdered her two chill
dren By cutting their threats on
Tuesday last. She was arrested aud
brought = Hillsboro' She said that
she wastoO poor TO give them food :
that she murdered the baby frs. and
that when she undertook TO put the
little ~fve-year cid boy on the bed TO
kill him be elung to her and begged
piteously for dis life, saying, "Oh
mamma. don't kill don't Kill ne"
She Needed net the appeal, but threw
him on the bed, and after cutting bis
throat struck him on The side Of the
head with c piece Of iron TO complete
her work She is about forty years
old, Of medium height, and presents a
woe-begone appearance. She is pos
sessed cf little or no Intelligence. aud
is supposed by some people to be
.@irs=ue
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-09-04

THE Republican party has been il
power in the nation for nearly twenty
years, and we have not had peace and
plenty during all that iime,-Brook.
Ign Eagle.
As for plenty" there never was q
period, taking it altogether, when il
was equsled As for peace" the
Democrats ought TO be peaceatle,
for we gave them the infernalist lick
ing ever 4 party received. The Eagle
ought not TO complain if it took Re-
publicaBs Eve years to kill off treach-
erous Democrats and fifteen to set
things up in good shape. 1t vas not
such q small job.
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tx our last issue we assured our
friends of the other counties of this
Congressional district, that there
would be no serious detection in the
Republican ranks ia November next
since that assurance was given, our
great meeting has been held an &C
count Of the immense gathering OF
Republicans will be found elsewhere,
but it will not be out Of place to say
here, that the meeting exhibited the
gratifying fact of entire harmony
and intense enthusiasm ia the Re-
publican party throughout the whole
county. This gathering gives in
dubitable evidence that the old spirit
is fully aroused, that the coming
campaign will be well fought, and
that an old-fashioned Somerset
county majority will be rolled up
for our candidates.
OF the three very able speeches
made, we can truthfully say that
those Of Col. Hoyt and Gen. Camp
bell were strong, vigorous and con
vincing and the closing one by our
neighbor, Gen. Koontz, is considered
by his friends here as the best
political speech of his life. These
speeches excited the highest enthusi-
asm of the large crowd in attendance
aud handsomely inauguratcd the fall
campaign.
We renew the assurance OF last
week. Have no fears of the result
"a Somerset.
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yieissi,udes or Peiitica, llic.

WAsHiNGToy, Aug. 2S-Frcder-
lex 4 Sawyer formerly United States
Senator from South Carolina. and
subsequently Assist Mt S%erreta-y {
the Treasury, hiss been )poia,sI
to . small clerkship in toe ofire #
the Coast Survey Of the Treasury
Department. This appointment
illustrates cue Of the vicissitudes Of
public men. Sawyer is a mar Of
fine scholarly attachments, hut has
been uufortunste, and, by q series OF
revorses, has been compelled ID
accept almost the smallest Office in
the great establishment which he Ut
time so nearly controlled -Ncy
York Times
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Crime Ira

CHEYENNE. W. T, August 81
fhe removal : { sp krs aud Esh-plates
II week ugu from n rail two miles east
Of Medicinetown, near q deep %ravine,
gave rise to a suspicion that it had
been done with IA view to wreck and
rob The train. Deputy Sheriff We'd
dow6eld aud another named Vincent
started on what was believed to be
the trail of the would-be robbers. and
not returning, a large party started
in search of them last Sunday. Oae
Of the party has returned, and states
that the bodies of Mcdowell and
Vincent were found in n narrow can
yon on Elk Mountain, where they
probably met the gang of robbers
and were killed, the former receiving
two bullets in the neck, and the latter
four in the chest.
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got six bricks handy for de mex pus-
son dat comes tslkin' Ga. way, no
matter what his coler. | IL lookin'
for signs. / IL. | IL iookia' fox signs
da. some member OF dis club an sit
ting wild his feet hsngia' CT a dry
goods box while be tslks about star.
vashun, rainea ksntry. IN 50 forth
When / diskiyer sign you'll diskiver
q vacancy il de club. az let 40 man
d~is-eckolect Il.
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To BE

First. Those who attempted TO
destroy the nation should not be
permitted now to control it.
Second. Those who would depre-
ciate the currency should not be
permitted to have q chance to make
a different dollar for the laborer,
from the one which they would get
os government officers. All dolIrs
should be equal in value.
Third. The Democratic party as q
party have always opposed q pro-
tective tariff, and their accession to
power will take from the people the
only hope Of national prosperity.
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EX Governor PALMER, Of Illinois,
was not very wide or the mark when,
in accounting for tie growth Of the
greeaback idea in the Democratic
party, be said 1T seems to me
that the entire movement against
hard money Is a relic Of the Copper
heaGism Of the war-that It grows
out of q desire to i%niure the credit Of
the Government and destroy conf
dence 10 IT,"
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WIN. p. ScHELL, Of Bedford, and
Auditor General of the Stote, las;
week went into bankruptcy, stating
bis liabilities at 100000, assets moth
ing. OF course, we have nothing to
say as to Mr.. Schell's personal mis-
fortunes, but the reflection will force
itself on the public mind, that be
who could not manage his private
affairs, is i'll fitted to audit the inan.
ees of this great commonwealth.