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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-30

ATTENTION has been more than once
called to the fact that the percentage OF
suicides in San Francisco is, and for
some time past has been, higher than in
any other city in this country or in
Europe. The annual report of the
Coroner of San Francisco has just been
published, and it fully confirms this sad
statement. There were 103 bodies OF
suicides brought to the Morgue during
the year, besides many lost in the bay
and not accounted for. More than one.
half of the known self-murderers were
unmarried. The average age was only
80 years. More than one.hslf were Of
European nativity. The predisposine
cause was pecuniary trouble in thirty
five cases. The green-eyed monster lee
two to death /; disappointment in love
caused four to shuttle off their mortal
coil |; and grief through bereavement in
duced four others to slay themselves
Alcohol is credited with the death of fif
teen of the self-murderers, and, bya very
curious diagnosis, dizziness is assigned
as the cause of four others. Two killed
themselves after having killed other per
sons; and six are put down as of "un
sound mind" or insane" No less thar
seventeen killed themselves because they
had been told they were the victims o
incurable diseases.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-30
A Boy That Beat Rarus.

"Rarus trotted heat at Buffalo
2:13f, the fastest time on record"
small Albany boy read the dispatch To
morning, and then, after rejecting
moment, remarked, as he laid down Il
paper 81 kinder wish Jim Jones ar
me had been timed Saturday as we mao
cracks from that orchard on the Shak
road. I'll bet the farmer that chased
will say that we made a mile in go,
deal less than 2:13f, and the road W
bad in places at that. Jee-hokey, nd
we did skoot,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-30
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
/" Thanks TO You.v

Every day for month OF Sundays. l'e
saturdays, Tuesdays, Fridays. Mondays, 49,. .
Jack had pondered the various means
And methods pertaining to grinding machines
Until he WAS sure he could build wheel
hat, given the sort Of dam that's proper,
Would only need some corn In the hopper
To turn out very respectable meal.
Jerry and Jane and 10, and the others,
ia Ms incredulous sisters and brothers,
Gave him credit for good intentions,
But took no stock In the boys inventions;
In fact they laughed them quite to scorn
Instead OF wasting his time, they said,
He would be more likely to earn his bread
Planting potatoes or hoeing corn!
Bessie alone, when all the rest
Crushed his spirit with gibe and jest.
whispered sofvy Whatever they say,
Chipping crickets and singing birds
We're not no sweet as her heartsome words:
Straight he answered, "If ever do,
1 know it will only be thanks to you.r
Many time sore heart and BRAN
Leap at word, grown strong again.
Thanks TO her, ~ the story goes,
Hope and courage in Jack arose
1ill one bright day In the meadow brook
There was heard sound as of water FLASHING
And Bessie watched with her happy look
The little wheel In the sunlight flashing.
BY and by as the years we're fraught
With fruit OF his earnest toll and thought,
Brothers and sisters changed their tune
" Our Jack they cried, will be famous soon y
Which was nothing more than Bessie knew,
She said, and had known IL all the while
But Jack replied with kiss and SMILE
" II ever am 1t Is thanks to you ~ Hfg
Mary n. Bradley, in 50. Nicholas for September.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-30

Ex-QUEEN ISABELLA, of Spain, would
not give her diamonds to Queen Mer-
cedes, but deposited them in the Cathe-
dral of Atocha. She now writes King
Alphonso that the jewels, valued at
100000 francs, may be sold, and the
proceeds devoted to the erection of a
cathedral over the remains of the young
Ouaen
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-30
Ages of Literary People.

The death of Mr.. Bryant ct the good
old age of "a has raised natural curios-
ity as to the age of some noted literary
people still living, and that of others
who have "passed on" The following
table, in the Christian Union, gives a
list of sixty well-known names under
each head. The figures may not be alb
solutely accurate in every case, but they
are substantially SO:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-30
G "
CHE Jrlle Aarthesaer.
FRIDAY. AUGUST 80, 1873.

THE american Correspondence, the
title of a New York weekly, the fifteenth
number of which has been published, is
a new feature in American journalism.
1t is published in French and English.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-30
From thcJune statements Of tw,

FROM the June statements OF twenty
one railroad companies it appears that
the number of miles of track operated
by these companies was 12,O72, being
$50 per cent. greater than in June, 1877,
while the earnings show an increase OF
only 10 per cent. Nine roads show an
increase in earnings per mile, and ten
others an increase in aggregate earnings.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-30

! WE hear no complaints of grave rob-
bing from California, which State has q
law providing that, under certain re-
tstrictions. "any Sheriff, Coroner, keeper
Of a county poor. house, public hospital,
county Jail, or State prison, or the
Mayor or Board of Supervisors OF, the
city of San Francisco, must surrender
= the dead bodies of such persons as are
required to be buried at the public, ex-
pense to any physician or surgeon to
be by him used for the advancement of
anatomical science, preference being al
ways given to medical schools by law es-
tablished in this State, for their use in
the instruction of medical students. "
The California Legislators have wisely
recognized that it is important to hui
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-30

you've had another adventure, haven't
you ?"-Maria Louisa Pool, IN Sunday
n fternoon for September.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-30

mAnity that the needs of science be sup
piled, morbid superstition ard sentiment
notwithstanding.I q. fsiaa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-24
Prisoners Escape from the
N0rFistoWn JaiI.

Not long since q law was passed
for the protection Of railroad COM
panies against a class of tramps who
persist in riding on the cars without
paying the schedule rates, and un-
der this law the Reading railroad
company have been making heavy
raids on ride stealers. A couple Of
weeks ago about twenty of these OF
tenders were taken into custody and
consigned to the Norristowl Jail for
thirty days. Early on Sunday morn
ing, just before daybreak, these pris-
oners wrenched from the side of the
house they were confined in a couple
of planks, and crawled into the yard.
Having previously provided them
selves with a rope made by tearing
their blankets in strips, they made a
knot in one end of it and left it hang
over the extremity of one of the
plapks. They then raised the plank
against the wall, so that the knot
hung clinched under the end of the
former, and a person drawing him
self up the board by means of the
rope would thus draw the knot more
securely. Having placed q SECOND
pls ok beside the other, 10 make
a broader footw ay, fourteen clamb-
cred up one by one, and perched
themselves on top of the wall. With
the assistance of those remaining the
plank was brought up, and securely
arranged on the other side, and the
fourteen descended into the quiet
streets Of Norristown, where they re-
NAMED no longer than was actually
necessary. Search for the fugitives
was kept up during Sunday, but
without success.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-24
A Strange Case.

CINCINNATI, July l2-Peter Law
ale, he proprietor OF the dining
rooms at No. lGS Central avenue.
and bis wife during the past
week were the victims of q SIN
gular coincidence. Ga Sunday mern-
ing last Mrs Lsvalle found on at
tempting to speak. that she could
not inter a word. She has continued
in this speecbless condition up to the
present time. The following dsy
Lavslle was sitting in front of bis
place, when he was awakened il was
found tbas be was apparently
stupefied. He was unable to
speak intelligibly, and continued in
that state until yesterday. During
yesterday afternoon be recovered en-
tirely from the attack. A possible.
and in fact probable, theory 10 his
is that his ailment was due to
the heat In the Ease of Mrs. Law
ale, however. the mystery is not
solved. Her tongue, when examined
by the physicians, appeared swollen
aud discolored. With the exception
OF her tongue, all the members Of her
body were at the bidding of her will.
The doctors favored the supposition
that she suffered from psraly sis. One
theory was that the two might have
been poisoned accidentally. Lavalle
himself thinks that this was impossi-
BILE, as they bad eaten nothing which
could not be properly accounted for.
Mrs. Lavalle was removed to the
home of her sister in Covington.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-24
Grant In Norway.

PARIS, July ga correspondent
at Christiania, the eipital of Nor.
way, says th at General Grant receiv-
ed an enthusiastic ovation 10 Morse
land. His first touching place was
G Gutenberg. Sweden, aud here, after
a short "trip across the Cattegst, be
M de bis first acquaintance with the
lords of the old Morse peninsula.
When be landed be wss met by q
crowd Of over Ave thousand people.
who eheered loudly for him Of whom
Il cy had heard 81 much. The
Sweeds who have emigra.ed ia such
large numbers to the United States
have spread his fame among thei-
count-ymen at home. The sbips in
the bsrhor were oil decorated 10 bis
honor. lie passed the day at q tn
enburg and thea continued his jour
ney to Cnristiania. ALI the villages
along the Route We're decorated, and
his coming was made the occasion Of
a gala day.
He landed al Christiania op the
18th inst, and was received With
great eereWong. Ten I%hoasand poo.
pie locked to greet him. King Os-
car ii. comes to Christiania from
Stockholm to meet the General, and
will give hin u dinner and a recep-
tion. The General set Gus sightsee-
ing. and was conducted to the old
castle of Aggershuns. with its eta
del and church on the brow Of y point
u into the ford, over whose
winding shore line and smooth wa
tiers, broken by wooded islands, it
gives o fine view.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-24

WHEELING, West Va. July II
The boiler Of Starbuck 4 Davis plan
ing mills and chair factory at Barnes.
vile, Ohio, exploded at s o clock
this morning with such terrific force
as to be heard for miles around. AZ
ter the explosion the building was no.
ticed to be on FIRE, but the flames were
speedily extinguished by the citizens,
who had assembled 10 large numbers.
As soon as the fire was extinguished
a search for the killed and wounded
was begun. Several hours after
ward the dead bodies of james Pad
get, i.emau, James Burchlrd, VIII
liam Hyscer, and CHARLES Ellsler were
recovered. Those fatally wounded
are John Moore, engineer. head
crushed aud arm mu,iIated William
Dent, leg broken, and internal injur-
les J Blowers, skull! and arm bro
ken (; Charles Ellsler, Jr., son of tha
man killed, head bruised and ueck
seriously cut Samuel Blower, inter-
nslly injured. Jaceut Ellis escaped
by jumping from q second story win
dow. The excitement in the small
town is intense. Padget was a resi-
dent of this city. A scarcity of va
ter caused the terrible accident
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-24
Suffering In st. LSufs.

SF. Louis, July 1G.-The beat is
still intense but up to noon there have
been fewer cases of sunstroke today
than for three days past. Only If
teen cases were treated at the city
dispensary this m,rning, and only
three deaths have been reported So
far. The total number of deaths
from the heat yesterday was 54
The effects Of the prolonged heat are
now being felt by u different class Of
people than at first Scores OF mer>
chants, professional men, clerks,
salesmen and many ONE are be-
coming sufferers, and prostration of
greater or less degree are numerous
in all parts of the city. Even child
are falling victims and the NOR
among infants is greater than
ever known except in time Of
enidemic
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-24

himself to this sham labor o~rganiza,
ton has fair notice that be is to be
transferred to the use Of Democrats.
Ia his attempt TO sustain his fel
lows outside this State, by busly
Dragging of what they propose &c
accomplish here, Mr.. Devices has
~overreached himself by the adnis-
sion that the organization be repre-
sents and claims to control is a mere
tail to the Democratic kite. His pre-
p~osterous brag of anticipated Legis-
strength, is Of a piece with his
blatant announcement of an alliance
with the Democracy. he should
have delivered his goods before be
boosted of the sale.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-24
JACK.
Six asesa The BrookIyn Navy Yard
Tnree Fatal.

NEW York. July ls.-Yellow
fever has brokeu out at the Brooklyn
navy-yard. SO far three deaths have
occurred. DR.. Wyckof. Assistant
Surgeon, admitted to the Naval
Hospital on the 18th. died on the
18th. S. Hanford, nurse, admitted on
the following day, and Corporal c,
Hind, admitted on the 18th, died last
night. The following are in the
hospital i'll of the disease: NJ. Flynn,
a merchant, admitted on the 18th
G. +. Olney, admitted on the 18th
NJ. Cornell, q landsman, on the 18th,
The men who have died have been
buried in the Naval Cemetery adjoin.
ing the hospital. OF the others 0lney
is able to be on his feet. and is likely
TO recover, though he and his com.
rades are reported to have bad the
the black vomit. All six of the men
were stationed on the receiving ship
Vermont.
The authorities rope to stay the
spread of the dreaded disease, and
measures looking to that end were
taken to-day at a special meeting of
the Board of Health. The Sanitary
Superintendent state that the dis
ease evidently has been generated by
dredging about the bow of the Yer
mont. causing noxious vapors to
arise from sewage lodged in Wslla-
bout bay ; that in addition ballast
from Cuba aud other foreign ports
has been used as filing ct Cob dock,
and that the hospital itself drained
directly upon the Wallabout flats
having no W connection. The
Vermont is being thoroughly fumi.
gated.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-24
Crops In Nebraska.

LINCOLN, July IS-Ths DaiGJ
Slate Journal will tomorrow publish
official returns Of the acreage of eul-
tivated lands of all counties Of the
State, with the yield Of all kinds Of
crops 10 1877. which shows that over
ten million bushels Of wheat we're
harvested; will also publish crop re-
ports Of the current week from fifty
out Of sixty-three counties, showing
the harvest of this year will be the
most bountiful in the history Of Ne
braska. The wheat crop will not
fall short Of fifteen million bushels
corn crop, last year thirty five mil
lion bushels, and will reach fifty mil
lions this year; oat crop, 1877, six
millions; this season the aggregate
barley crop is three millions; rye one
million. The consolidated census
returns Published this morning show
the population of the State on Nav !
IN he ala TAS
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-24
Murdered Dy a Tramp

DAVENPORT. iowa, July l5-In-
tense feeling has been created here.
against the tramps by the atrocious
murder committed here yesterday
noon A tramp named Henry Hader
had been several times put out Of the
saloon # Charles Sieyerman for un-
rsly conduct. At about 2 O'Clock the
men met at the corner Of Third and
Brady streets, when, after a short
%scuffle, Hader stabbed Siegerman to
the heart. The wounded man stag
gered a few feet, fell down on the
stone tagging and died in . few min
utes. Hader was arrested at once
and jailed An Infatuated crowd soon
gathered aid the fereest threats of
~lynching were made. A special guard
was kept at the Jail all night. Hader
confessed to the crime, and said De
would kill anybody that struck him.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-24
Gettysbnrg E~nermp@ent.

CErrysRURa, July 2l-The en-,
campment of The Grand Army of The
Republic began yesterday under the
most favorable circumstances. Pitts
burg ard Allegheny Posts arrived at
nool. ,be 6rst on the grounds. Ia
the evening large eyaursioIs Grriyed
from different points. accompanied
by bands Of music. AZ the various
trajgs cape in sight salutes were
fred from CsmeterY Hill, The pro-
et ssiop aarched oyer the salae grouEd
the Eleventh aud part Of the First
Corps occupied on the 6rst day of
the battle. The camo is on Gene
terry Hill, east Of the National Gene
terry. II coutsiIs tents for . thous-
and men, and many have quarters al
hotels and private boarding houses.
The town is filed with people.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-24
POOR HOUSE DIRECTOR;
GILLIAN K00NTZ.
AUDITORS:
JACOB NJ. BAKER.
HIRAM .. MCCOY.

SPEAKING of the Grant movement
for 1880, the Cleveland, Ohio, Her.
aid says: at is by far the strongest
movement that there is today to-
ward the opening of the campaign.
The name is the strongest that can
be put before the public to-day, and
when it is spoken, hats fly in the air.
All the politicians give it aid and
comfort, and it is locked upon with
favor by scores Of newspapers in this
country. 1t is wholly within bounds
to say that the one distinct and an
mistakable indication OF the present
time is, that unless something extra
ordinary occurs to change the drift
ct political sentiment, General Grants
death alone can prevent his nomina'
ton for a third term.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-24

knows better now. 1t is not the pol
lev of this couniry to keep a large
naval force a1oat in times OF peace,
aud the Democrats themselves have
cut down all appropriations for the
maintenance of an efficient navy since
they have had the power to do 1t
To keep our navy up to the standard
.vf the maritime nations of Europe
would cost at least tens OF millions
more than we now devote 10 that OBJ
;ect.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-24
A Train Wrecked.

CiNoINNATI July lS.-A mixed
accommodation and freight train GO
ing East yesterday, when near Mon
t%icello, Indiana, OF the Indiana di.
vision Of the Pan Handle Road,
crashed through a bridge over the
T~ippecanoe river, and the locom1-
tive and twenty-five cars plunged
into the river and are 9 complete
wreck. When the fright was over it
was found thst the escape of the
passengers and railroad men with
life and limb was miraculous The
brid~ge-tender. who was standing on
truss, was killed, as also was the
engineer. No other lives YER lost,
although many persons were carried
down with the cars. A number of
passengers were injured, but none
seriously, 80 far as known.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-24
Cool weather al S.. Louis.

ST. LOUIS. July 2l.-The weather
t?-iay is very much cooler than any
day for two weeks past, the mercury
ranging several degrees lover than
it has since the heated term set 10
A s'if northwest b'eezs prevailed all
day. co ling and iavEoFaling the
a'dospbsre to deli htful degree,
and st. Louis has returned almost
to her normsl condition. Only three
cases were treated at the ni4pensary
to day, aad at this writing no out
side cases have been reported.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-24
A NOnSmaniac-

NASHVILLE, July 1S-The people
in the village of Rhea Springs we've
thrown into wild excitement yester-
day by the peculiar antics of a relig-
ious monomanisc named Collins. At
FIVE A NJ. be went into a Methodist
church and tore up all the books, as
he said, to get the devil out Of them.
He then passed through and u of
town a distance of two miles.
Concluding that the devil was in
his clothing, and that Jesus had CON-
missioned him to go into the church
as naked as he lad come into the
world, he pulled of bis clothing, and
in a state of nature started back in a
run, followed by a constantly increas-
ing multitude of people, who failed
to overtake him. Passing through
the town, be finally approached the
church. A man attempted to stop
him and vas knocked senseless by a
stone another be felled with his fist.
By this time a crowd had gathered
about him, but owing to a profuse
perspiration, which made him as slip
perry as an eel, it was difficult to hold
him. Once secured and bound, he
was taken to the Jail at Washington.
On Monday morning the jailor
went into his cell to give him his
food, and be seemed perfectly quiet
and harmless. The jsilor passed in
side the cell door, and turned to lock
it. Collins at that moment picked
up a heavy board and struck the Jail
or on the back of the head, knocking
him down, and then beating bis head
into the condition of a jelly. The
jailor's wife subsequently came in to
see what had become of her husband;
bat, raising her dress to go up stairs.
she did not see Collins until she got
to the top. He was covered with
blood from head to foot. Collins at
once struck her a violent blow on her
head, knocking her down the stair
way, aud then rushed 10 his cell, In
which was his bloody vicim, and
locked himself in.
Collins is an Irishman, and was,
until two.years ago,a Catholic; at that
time be joined the Methodist Church
South, with the IN 1erstanding that
be was to cease drinking intoxicating
liquors. A religious meeting had
been in progress, and it was not
known that be had become a religious
monom,niac until Sunday morning
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-24
Defiance I'm Flames.

DEFIANCE, o., July y -LIst
evening at 10 O'Clock a FIRE broke out
in HI Neumln's livery stable and at
this b ur (l2:30A NJ is still raging,
having already destroyed seven
buildings-smong them the Crosby
House. The FIRE is now beyond CON-
troll Of tie iremen, and Fort Wayne
and Napyleon have been telegraphed
to for engines, which are now on
their way here. The FLOWING is a
list of the sufferers 50 far Crosby
House. owned and occupied by Mich
ael Sheath; VI. \. Sumner. ieweler /;
Henry hiItler. boots aud shoes;
Neuman's livery stable John Schnei-
der, saloon; Hill & Meyers, law Of
fee; c. S. r ,bert, and sal ION of
Bowman Barber. IL is impossible to
estimate the loss or ascertain the in
tonight.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-24

A SPECIAL dispatch from W ash
ing to the Philadelphia Times is pub
lished in that journal under the cap
ton of THE Banner State" as fol-
lows:
"Pennsylvaaia is the banner State
for officers. An inspection
has Just been finished by General w.
L. Clark, q special evenue agent, OF
all the internal districts in
Pennsylvania, which shows that at
the end of the fiscal year there was
net q mistake of one cent in the
whole State. The following were
the Offices visited: First District,
james Asbwortb, Philadelphia
Eighth District, Joseph I. Valentine,
Reading; Ninth District, Thomas A.
Wiley, Lancaster; Twelfth District,
Z. III. Chase, Wilkesbarre; Four
teenth District, Charles j. Brunner,
Sunbury Sixteenth District, Edward
Scull, Somerset; Nineteenth District,
Chas. NJ. Lynch, Erie; Twentieth
District, Jos. c. Brown, Greeuville
Twenty-second District, Thomas w.
Davis, Pittsburgh Twenty-third
District. ohm NJ. Sullivan, Allegheny
The result has been that, after count
ing oil the stamps, proving the books,
going over the cash and striking a
balance, 10 the ten districts of Penn.
sylvania not q single mistake occurs
Every Office is spoken of in the high
est terms Of praise, and the Commits
sioner is now preparing q letter OF
congratulation to be sent each Col
lector in the State.