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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26
A nuracrsr Desiarea Insane.

MEMPHIS, March l9-In January.
1877. 4atly Bono, q young man liv-
ing at Bartlett, this county, attempt
ed to elope With the daughter of a
neighbor. Being opposed By the
father Of the young lady be killed
him in cold blood, taking the daugh-
ter behind him on horseback and
fed toe county Gearing arrest be
left the young lady at a fs'gbbor's
residence and made bis escape. A
few months afterwards be WAS ares
ted ia Texas and brought back here
for trial. Yesterday afternoon at
Bartistt q jury De lpnatico inquiren-
do declared him insane. Judge FL
dringe has ordered Bond to be e6n-
veyed to Nashville and confiaed in
the luuntic asylum,
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Blown to Pieces

RED Rock, PA March l5.-At 3
O'CLOCK this afternoon an unknown
MAI evidently intoxicated, staggered
through tie streets, carrying on his
shoulder q bag containing eight quart
cans of niiro-glyeerine. Fifteen min
utes later the town was shaken and
the inhabitants terribly frightened by
a most terrific explosion. Investiga-
tion revealed the fact that the man
bad slipped down, causing the explo-
sion. which scattered fragments OF
bis body in every direcli ". All that
could be found Of him would not fll o
collar box.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26
A Woman Cuts Her Throat in the
Presence of Her Family

KANSAS CRY. No, March 20
Yesterday airs. VIM. Ferguson cut
her throat with a table koiie 10 the
presence Of her children. Her hus
baud bad hardly left the room with a
kiss upon bis lips when the tragedy
was enacted, aud the children we're
covered 9Th blood Mental troubles,
occasioDed by her husbands in-
temperance, was the cause.
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l~.ixhfning-s work.

MEMPHIS, March q "A storm u
the severest nature swept over Mem
phis just after midnight Ii came
from the S1Gthwest and continued
three hours During its progress
lightning struck the Memphis COton
and Wooden Mills, which were en-
tirely consumed. The mills vere
valued at $50 600, ami employed 3
force e one huadred and twenty-five
persons. who are thrown out Of EN-
pley ment. The insurance is $780,
0Qn
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26
IncendlarSsns

PITTsBURG. March IS-At al
early hour this morning an attempt
was made to fire tie Solar iron works
The Gre was Immediately discovered,
and by the prompt action of The Ere
department the works were saved.
Some weeks ago the union men EN-.
ployed at the mill struck for higher
wages, and non-union men we're en-
The suspicion rests on the
strikers.
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The Honest southern .sensInens.
NJ bal okolona tnlls..l states.

From he OAOicns NNls-.l outses-
Yes, thank God, we have captured
the Capitol, and 10 1850 our man
will walk up the White House
steps aud take bis seat in The Presi
dental chair. Then will our glori-
GUS triumph be complete! Then
will we proceed to teal your amend
menls from the Constitution and
trample them 10 the mire! Then We
will break the shackles you haveforg-
ed for the free, sovereign and inde-
pendent Commonwealth of the
Union Then will we recognize the
right of secession-a rigbi that is not
dead but sleeping! Then will we
decorate the Capitol with pictures of
Davis aud Lee and Stuart, and all
the glorious leaders of q cause that
is not lost, but living still Yes
thank God, we have captured the
Capitol, aud from that coigBe OF van
tage we propose to rule the Republic
10 a way that will make your Radi-
cal laws aud your radical leaders
forever odious 10 America.
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kindly sentiment influencing US in
their behalf, with every impulse
springing from sympathy. aud The
remembrance Of a kindred trouble
urging as to espouse their side. we
do not believe that the city of Pitts
bursb and County Of Allegheny are
entiled to the relief, in the manner
10 which il is asked, and With this
conviction borne in upon us, we
cannot say to the contrary.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26

SENATOR DAWES VI Massachusetts,.
thus presents the issue between The
two n~arties: "The Democrats an-
nounce that they will break up The
government if they are not permitted
10 break into the ballot-boxes. We
shall unainchiugIy defend the cleo
ton laws, and let the Democrats
carry oot their threats Of refusing
appropriations if rhey dare. On this
qsestion | :bink there is but one
opinion and one will among Rep1o-
licans.r
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26
Japan Preparing for Grant.

SAN FRAsOIsGo, March 2l-Ad-
vices from Yokohama, japan, stated
that preparations continue for Grsnt's
reception, although he Ia not expect
ed for many months. Three OF the
most powerful ancient Dalmos have
been appointed to receive and attend
upon hin. { distinction hitherto
voGehssied ~ DO visitor,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26
T..rasnea DOR ais Asass.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 20.-Kssr-
ney is stumping Southern Caiisjraia
for the New Constitution. 10 his
speeches be abuses people without
stint. 4 dispatch from Santa AGna
to-day says a mar whom be viIIied,
after be got through speaking. gave
kearney an numerical beating.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26

CHICAGO, March lS-Chicsgo ele
vstors contain 1925 125 bushels OF
wheat, 3.139 21l bushels Of corn, 500 :
oil bushels of osts. 32T.336 busbel-
If rye, and So $50 Bushels of barley.
making a total # I2,5iS,s9I bushels,
against u sos $50 bushels a week
ago, aud s,609, T4a basneis 1T ibis
period last year. 10 addition TO the
above. the amount of grain on board
vessels ia the barber is l64,I43 bush
els Of wheat, 9t9 1876 bushels Of corn,
and 25,6S5 bushels OF oats. Tba to-
tai spount Of grain in Chicago is
10 65s.s55 bushels, against 1908.
GA bushels a week ago.
Milwaukee warehouses are stored
with 3.545, 235 bushels of wheat, 25,-
COS bushels Of corn, l54045 bushels
of oats. 1883 bushels o. rye, and
426, 1852 bushels of barley.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26
burglar shot.

CINCINNATI, March 2I-At ? o..
clock yesterday morning Matthew
Creed. proprietor Of a dry goods store
az jamestown, Ky, was aroused by
a noise 10 the store, found a burglar
behind the counter ald shot bin
dead, fifteen oucksbot penetrating bis
BODY. IL is not known where the
burglar was from.
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hardly ev.

AS usual, the Greenbackers biOwea
hard and then 6zzled. They Dragged
Ike drunken Ipdisns, about holding
the bslance of power in the House
When The trial came they bad Only
fourteen votes, thirteen Of wnien
they bestowed on that old FOSSIL
aeudr,ck B Wright. aud the House
organized witbost them as cOony as
if they did'at exist
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26

Judge Key, who gives close stten-
ton to al! the details of the ~postofice
business, thinks that i1e ;pc,ease of
p~cstofice receipts is a pretty fair in-.
6ios.;on of the commercisl and
intellectual growiS o! the country.
If this be ESQ, and If the marvellous
business and intellectual growth Of.
the West and roribyest continues,
the Southern States will presently
become to the rest of the country
what the Gull Of Mexico is to the
Atlantic ocsas.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26

WASHINGTON, March lS-The
assembling Of the irst Democratic
Congress ia eighteen years was wit
Messed by au unusually large crowd.
mainly the old rehel element who
sill exis. at the Capital. It was
evident that the Republican Senators
realized the change Zacb Chandler,
who had been watching the bilarily
Of the Democratic Senators, said to
your correspondent:
81 took this same seal eighteen
years ego, aud have sat here ever
sIlce, except the short break Of Chris
tiancy's term. Tten the Republicans
bad just come into power. Jsf Da-
VS. aod his party bad begun their
treason. aud | sat here aud tried to
do my share t. grant for the
var aud carry II on, aud ccuquer
and save the Union | op
posed all senrlnlentaiities toward
rebels. aud thought reconstruction
should be very gradual. | never
expected Il see at this day, and
especially within less than tweuiy
Years, 3 Democratic mnj rity 10 the
Senate of Inc United States, and a
nsj,rlty OF those same Democrats
* officers IN the rebellion. For an
Intelligent people, who saved the
uni0n. 10 turn sboat aud put rebels
Ia power over them, is ahead of any,
ehiug we'll fnd in the history Of any
c0uolry
La the Ii use much musemen
ere ted 10 drawing seats. Fer
na9do Wood and joe Johnsun were
amongst the last, and consequently
tound seats hear the door Errett
aud BayDe, a. we're most OF the
Pennsylvania delegation, were fortu-
II securing good seats.
GREENBACKERS IGNORED.
Universal contempt Is expressed by
both parties for the coterie of Green
hackers who made tforts to sell our
or trade for recogniIioi in Congress.
they are completely ign red Their
members will no~ fail into the ranks
1T the parties with which they were
previously associated.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26

THE Presidents message is short
aud to the point. IL is as plain AS
was Paddy's hiat. that The country
is'0t dying Of anxiety for the pres-
ent session of Congress He briefly
informs this Congress that be was
constrained TO call it together be-
cause its Immediate predecessor tall
ed to make appropriations for tee
support Of the srmy aud the Judicial
and executive branches OF the Gov
ernment-This, and nothing more.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26

WE just envy the feeling Of the
Republicans who voted for Coffroth,
when they read the proceedings OF
the organization Of the House, and
see that by barely n vote-h's
vote-the Southern confederates were
enabled to obtain control OF that
body and the Government for the
coming two years We congratulate
them also on the fact that, The first
vote be gave, after the organization
was complete, was to deprive a Re-
publican of the seat to which be was
elected, aud give it TO a rebel, whom
the Supreme Court of bis State de-
cided bad no title to 1t
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26
sfIsy Persons Drowned

KING TON, ia. March l9-Tne
BRUSH steamer Bolivar. Cap siH Do
neFJy, plying between Liverpool and
81 Thomas, came 10 collision With
toe Hayden steamer, Mie1ael. Tue
latter sunk, aud sky persons On
board were drowned.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26

F,nsr Hull. and then Curtin
Make way FIR the ex. G0verDor. one
has last as good a tile to a seat 10
as the other. Neither was
elected. but wbst matters tbats Ire
Democracy must have a WORKING
majority in the House Frsa0 :
40, bs covered, no, never! well
hardly eve
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26

If the shower Of birthstone bad
fallen at Washington D. O., instead
o. in Pennsylvsnis. it might have
occurred to some that history was
sbout TO repraf itself.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-03-14
LUCERNE-Medica1o .Satiya.

Sow in drills II or Is inches apart, Is
pounds per acre, or broadcast 25 pounds,
on rich, well-drained land Sending its
roots very deep, it is little affected by
drought even where sand is abundant in
the soil. The object Of sowing in drills is
to cultivate the first year to keep down
weeds and grass and obtain a more vigor
Gus growth. If not drilled, plenty of seeds
as above must be sown to overcome weeds
and grass. Nothing should be sown with
it. Sow any time from September 1st to
November lst; or better, perhaps, from
February15th to April 1st l have seen it
in bloom and ready for moving in February,
and every few weeks thereafter during the
summer, varying according to moisture of
the season and quality Of land 1t makes
large quantity Of good hay, relished by all
kinds of live stock. 1t is better, however,
for soiling. For this purpose it should be
cut and allowed to remain on the ground
till next day, and then fed. Thus deprived
OF most of its moisture, the animal must
masticaie it more perfectly, it is digestcd
moro completely, and does not scour or 9th.
erwiso injure. 1t should not be grazed, for
stock biting off the crowns kill il. For all
grasses and clovers the land should be deep.
ly and thoroughly broken and the surface
finely comminuted, however many plough.
ings and harrowings be required to
effect this object. The seed should be
lightly narrowed or brushed in, and If the
surface be very light or dry it should be
rolled.
- JAPAN cLovER-Lespetlexa Strata.
We have five native species and several
varieties Of Lespedesa, none worth notice
as forage plants. But the foreign species
named above, having become extensively
naturalizet, proves valuable for grazing
from May till October--sometimes later
1t is spoken of by some very favorably 70,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-03-14

cratic alliance On platform of gcxtiuctiou
OF the National banks, Governments legal
tenders the only paper money and unlimited
coinage Of silver. With that to carry the
country in 1880, We will trust to fortune
and the logic of events for the rest" they
say.
THE SOLID SOUTH
1t will be observed that in all these cal
culations solid Democratic South is taken
for granted. But4here are Democrrtic poll.
ticians here who sgip to recognize the fact
a a. syss ~ sisSs laS;
year, an extremely uncertain political
quantity. They acknowledge privately that
there is an undoubted aud growing tenden-
cy In the Southern States to a reorganiza-
ton OF parties, and that if such a movement
should once begin in any one State it is i'm.
possible to foretell whero it would end
They confess that nothing but the low and
blundering character of most of the Ad.
illustrations Fredcral appointments in the
South, and the continued hostile attitude
OF prominent Republicans and their sweep
ing donunciations of the South us section
and as people, have kept the Southern
States solidly in the Democratic ranks.
SHERMAN has controlled the Southern
appointments" said prominent Democrat
the other day, "and he has fixed them for
himself If he can continue to have his
own way we Democrats may hope for "a
solid South next year, and in laying hi.
OWE plans for the control of the Southern
delegations in the Republican Convention
Sherman is really helping u.s."
Here and there Republican, however,
begins to sec the same thing. There is so
general an opposition in that party to Mr..
sherman as successor to Mr.. Hayes that
his labors to pave the way for nomination
are watched with great deal of jealousy :;
it it said that he aims to secure the South.
ern delegations in the Convention for HIM
self as against General Grant or any one
else, and it is possible that if some of the
Republican leaders should see the Western
States endangered by coalition between
the Democratic and Grccnback vote, and
MIR. Sherman gaining control of the South
ern delegations for the convention, they
may hold it the part of good policy to as.
order to spiitit ana as onSs prosE SSSsn up
MIR. Sherman's plans and secure four or
five Southern States to the Republican
party next year. There is no doubt that
this can be done, and with very little diff
Guilty, if the attempt is made in time
Even Gen. Grant could carry half dozen
Southern States next year if he would sim
ply say that he would recognize an honest
Southern Republican party and turn out the
carpet-baggers, bummers and incapablcs
who still hold the Federal offices down there.
Grants policy in other repscts has great
fascination for Southern men, and he is of.
ten very kindly mentioned by them here.
NJ y Herald.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-03-14
GRASSES AND FORAGE PLANTS.

Et1itOr SO. LiUe Stock Journal Plant.
ers are constantly writing me inquiring
about grasses and other forage plants, and
the following paragraphs may be acceptable
to many of your readers. They are written
at the earnest request Of one of our oldest
and most distinguished editors, for the bene-
fit of and in answer to inquiries of distin-
guished foreigner from fur distant land.
Yours truly, d. l.. PHAREs.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-03-14

A NES INDUsTRY.-It is not generally
known that the article called Russian ca
Ware, which comes here in cans, and which
is said to be a very delsctable thing to eat.
is mostly production of South Carolina.
A company of enterprising Northern men
are engaged on the Edisto River in the bus.
iness Of catching sturgeon, the flesh of
which is sent North and converted into
canned salmon, while the spawn is sent to,
the same place, and after being prepared
and canned, comes back to US with a for.
eign trade mark, aud is sold as Russian oa.-
Ware.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-03-14

cratic alliance on platform of scxtiuction
OF the National banks, Governments legal
tenders the only paper money and unlimited
coinage Of silver. With that to carry the
country in 1880, We will trust to fortune
and the logic of events for the rest" they
say. 8-
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-03-14

As politics stand at this time, the Repub
lican Presidential candidates represent sub
stantially one policy, and whether men ART
for Grant or Conxling, or Blaine, or Evarts
or Washburne, or Garfield, or Sherman
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-01
How Wlikie Collins Produces
Novels.
[oIive Logan in wilkes's Spirit

lOllVe Logan III WllkeS's cplrlJ
"Why, the truth is I write all
day long, or nearly so. I've been
obliged to stop writing at night. 1
used to write great deal at night
the temptation to do it is very
great, as there are no children and
no organs about after midnight
but I really found that my bed
room was so full Of ghosts when /
tried to go to sleep that I could not
close my eyes. l INDUCED, too, in
far. moro pipes than were good for
me in the wee hours. l had to stop
both smoking and writing at night.
"Not all day?"
"Very hearty. I find that the
only way in which / can ply my
small trade (!) is not going out at
all.n
"But one must have exercise?"
II cannot take any until after
I've finished my writing for the
day, for so sure as go out, the in
spiration flies, aud / cannot lure 1t
back until the next day."
The second floor (American style)
of his spacious mansion in GIou-
cester Place is devoted to the work
room for the "small trade" of the
great novelist. In what we should
call the back parlor-a large,
square apartment-he sits at one or
two large, square tables, and
weaves the fictions that euohant
the world.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-01
Wild, piercing scream from bis

wild, piercing scream from his
"Murderp' she screamed; "Mur-
der! Oh! help me! Help! helpw
Mr.. Middlerib sat bolt upright in
bed. His hair stood on end. The
night was warm, but he turned to
ice In minute.
"Where in thunder!n he said,
with pallid lips, as he felt all over
the bed In frenzied haste-"wherei in
thunder are them Internal beeso"
and large "bumble,u with a
finger as pitiless as the finger of
scorn, just then climbed up the In.
side of Mr.. Middlerib's night-shirt,
until it got fairly between his
shoulders, and then it felt for his
marrow, and said, calmly:
"Here is one of them"
And Mrs. Middlerib felt asha med
Of her feeble screams when Mr..
MiddleSib thew up his arms, and
with howl that made the win.
dows rattle, roared:
"Take him of Oh, land of Scot!
Somebody take him off"
And when a little honey.bee be-
gan tickling the sole of Mrs. Mid
dlerib's foot, she shrieked that the
house was bewitched, and i'm medi-
ateIy went into spasms.
The household was aroused by
this time. Miss Middlerib and
Master Middlerib and the servants
were pouring into the room, adding
to the general confusion by howl
ing at random and asking irrele.
want questions, while they gazed
at the figure OF man, little on In
years. arrayed In a long night.
shirt, pa wing fiercely at the unat-
tainable spot in the middle of his
back, while he danced an unnat.
sural, weird, wicked-lookIng jig, by
the dim, religious light of the
night-lamp.
And while he danced and hi owled,
and while they gazed and shouted,
a navy blue wasp, that Master Mid
dlerib put in for good measure and
variety, and to keep the menagerie
stirred up, had dried his legs and
wings with a corner of the sheet,
and after preliminary circle or
two around the bed to get up his
motion and settle down to work.
Ing gait, he fired himself across the
room, and to Iris dying day Mr.
Middlerib will always believe that
one of the servants mistook him
for a burglar and shot him.
No one, not even Mr.. Middlerib
himself, could doubt that he was,
at least for the time, most thor.
oughly cured of rheumatism. His
own boy could not have carried
himself more lightly or with more
agility. But the cure was not per-
manent, and Mr.. Middlerib did
not like to talk about TN Y
Weekly.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-01
Mushroom, Cspisn'.


The Vanderbilt family is reputed
to be worth 500, 100000. But did
any one ever stop to consider how
this immense sum of money was
computed?
1t is reported that they are the
possessors of one-ha!f OF the capital
stock of the Central and Hudson
River Railroad Company. If this
supposition be true, they own one
half Of the property owned by that
corporation, subject to a mortgage
of about $4,000, 900. Now, who
but its principal owner ever esti-
mated the value of that property at
$3.50, ,000,0 Yet 1t is upon such a
calculation of the value of the Gen.
tral and Hudson River railroads
that the Vanderbilts have recently
been. able to buy up other railroads
and to enlarge their powers for ex-
tortionate charges upon the public.
In 1868 the combined par value of
the capital stocks of the New York
Central and Hudson River rail-
roads was $42,7l2, 700, and their av-
erage market value did not much
exceed that sum. But on certain
Saturday night Commodore Van.
derbilt declared the capital stocks
of the New York Central to be
s2s. .OS5, 900 greater; and, at later
period, when the consolidation OF
the Hudson company occurred, he
declared that the value of the two
stocks combined was $50, 42S, 800.
This certainly was an easy way to
create wealth, yet it was acquiesced
in by the public generally and the
Vanderbilt family came to be
acknowledged the wealthiest in the
country.
But it may be we'll worth consid-
ering what will happen when the
certain course of events tears down
this paper wealth of night. 1t is
true that on this immense capital
the Central and Hudson has con.
tinued to pay s per cent. per an
mum, which, whether it was
earned or not, has been a tax upon
every man, woman and child in
the State. But it must be remem M
bered that, since all this false and
fictitious wealth was created, the
bonded debt has been increased
some S27,000,000, which, with the
premium at which the bonds were
sold, realized the company over
$50, 900, 900 in cash. No statement
has ever been made public of the
disposition of this sum of cash re-
allied, beyond the annual report
made each year to the State Engi-
neer, showing large additions
charged to the construction and
equipment account, and which
charges have been out of all pro-
portion to the visible additions to
the property. Hence it is that
some conservative folk think that
a large proportion of the sum re.
oeived from the sale of bonds has
been paid out for dividends.