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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

Bat il is said that they are satisf-
ed with themselves and their perform.
ances. Senator Thurman is reported
to have said that be shall remember
the extra session as n of the pleas
antest things in bis life. Well, there's
no accounting for tastes. Il will b.
remembered that the Chicago citizen
who returned from Oshkosh with o
couple Of ribs broken, one y
gouged out, both ears "chawed up,v
his nose broken, and c~ountenaDce
mashed generally, when inquired of
as to where be had been, answered
cheerfully, "Oh, only up to Oshkosh.
having a little fun with the boys.n
Some folks have queer ideas about
fun. The extra session Gasco re-
minds one of the Bullying tramp who
demanded that the inmates of a
country house should surrender it to
him, threatening. if they refused. to
smash all the furniture in the house.
Being firmly met, he gradually came
uOWu HUH ibfCdtcuiDS W Justify all
the furniture to the declaration that
be would certainly break a window
if they did not do something for him;
and this not being regarded, be went
out into the yard and kicked a cast
iron dog. Senator Hereford excuses
his party's last performance or the
ground that it does no harm. So, we
presume, the tramp pleaded that be
didn't hurt the dog.
And so they are satisied with the
extra session , Well, then, everybody
is. Republicans certainly are de-
lighted with it. II seems to be very
much such a case as that in the
Down-East graveyard, where the
sexton being inquired of as TO the
person whose grave he was merrily
filling up, what complaint 7" an
swered promptly, mo complaint;
"everybody's satisfed."-N y. Trio
4fDp /
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16
Indians Commit Suicide.

DEADwooD, D.. L., July S.-A few
months ago three Indians were tried
and convicted Of the murder Of Pri-
vate Leo Bader, Second cavalry, and
sentenced to be hanged at Miles City,
Montana, July Z. On that day
two of them committed suicide bv
hanging in their cells. The third
was pardoned by the Governor.
About a month ago another Indian
was tried and convicted of the MUIR
der of a ~ranchman at Terry's Land.
ing, and sentenced to be hanged at
ut the same time and and place as the
Others. On Sunday night be was
found u haze als1 Committed sui
eide by hanging,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

In Ohio the Nationals" and Dem
ocrats called their State conventions
on the same day and at the same
place, and a quasi amalgamation was
formed, against which however, a
portion of the Greenbackers revolted.
The sign, in this State point the same
way, the Nationals meeting at Al.
toona on the 18th, the Democrats at
Harrisburg on the following day.
Doubtless this close assemblage, in
point of time, of these two anti-Re-
publican elements "means business
and the conjecture is strengthened by
the awkward and laughable attempt
of the Harrisburg Patriot to create
the impression that Col. Quay, Chair
man of the Republican State Com
mittee, is manipulating the Green.
back convention in advance.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16
Eaas. se..y WORT Completed


NEw ORLEANS, July l0.-Captair
j. 3. Eads, 10 a telegraph from Pori
Eads TO the agent Of the Associated
Press to day, says: THE greatest
debth and width of the channel re.
quired by the Jetty at the mouth and
also at the head of South Pass have
been secured, and the fact was this
day certified to the Secretary OF War
by Captain NJ. r. Brown, United
States Engineer, Inspector of the
work. This virtually completes the
work at mouth Of the Mississippi.
The jstty channel is over 80 feet
leep. and a good navigable channel
Of 26 feet. measured at the lowest
stage of the river, exists at the head
of the passes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16
Destructive Fire at Cleveland.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July Sat
7:20 this morning fire broke out in the
upper story of Denham's planning mill
Scranton avenu and spread rapidly
destroying the Variety iron works
the Atlantic and Great Western
freight depot, the two story building
occupied by Rust, King & Clint, lam
Der dealers and q large quantity Q.
rough and finished lumber belonging
to different yards. A brisk wind wa:
blowing and only by great exertior
was the fire gotten under control
At one time it bid fair to burn both
sides of Scranton avenue from the
Swing bridge to the Atlantic pas
senger depot,
Loss on Variety iron works, 49,.
900 to $40, 600, j. T. Denham's
planning mill, loss $4,000. Wood,
Perry & Co.'s loss on lumber SIS, 00C
to $4,000 I; fully insured. Less Of
freight in Atlantic depot light. All
the loaded cars were pulled out and
5000 will cover the loss of small
freight. The loss on the building is
about $4,000.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16
A City ia n


LONDON, July S.-A st. Peters
burg dispatch to the Daily NeiCs
saws:
1.-THE latest official telegram states
that the houses of IA out of Is wards,
forming the most important part OF
Irkutsk, Siberia, were destroyed by
the fire of the 4th inst, and that
many of the inhabitants are home
less.n
The city Of Irkutsk is the capital
of East Siberia and of the Govern
ment of the same name, and is situa-
ted on the right bank of the Lower
Angara River, about so miles from
Lake Baikel, its source. The city
lies on both sides of the mouth of a
tributary of the Lower Angara, call
ed the Usha-Kovka, and opposite the
confluence of the lrkut with the for
mer river. 1t is well built, paved
and lighted has q population, ac-
cording to the latest information, of
about $4,000, and en- important trade
is carried on by tie Inhabitants.
Among the principal public build
ings are the Exchange, the Admiral
ty's Offices, the Governors Generals
palace, and several Government fac
tories, in which conyicts are employ
ed. a handsome public square is
situated in the centre of the city, and
on this face the houses of many Of the
officers and the guard-housc. The
city contains many public schools, q
female orphan school, q high school
for navigation, a theatre, a school for
medicine, and a gymnasium, besides
a citadel and strong Qualifications.
There are also Is churches and sew
eral converts and hospitals. Nearly
all the houses are of wood, q fact
which accounts for the extent Of the
conaagration. Irkutsk is the great
commercial entreport between the
Chinese Empire and European Rus
STA, exporting to The latter tee, rhu-
barb, fruits, porcelain, paper and silk,
and importing in exchange furs, met
ais, and general merchandise.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16
Mine Explosion.

SAN Francisco, July I0-A de.
spateh from Bodie just received saws
a terrible explosion Of a powder mag
azine occurred near the Old Stand
ard Incline Works, which were blown
to atoms, and everything near them
leveled to the ground. The Summit
Works, a short distance off, were
shattered to pieces. Many were kill.
ed number not known at this writ
ing. About 20 wounded men have
been found thus far. 1t is not known
now many, if any, have been injured
ia the shaft and underground works
The top of the shaft in the old incline
is now on fire, but can surely be put
cut. The bills are black with PEG.
pie. The Ere department is doing
good work. james Hickey, foreman
of the mine, is slightly hurt. At this
time no estimate eau be made of the
number of killed or wounded.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16
Not Born 90 be Drowned


Mary, the ten-year old daughter Of
Joel ID. Coggswell, OF New Albany,
Ind, went to the well TO get some
water. She toppled over the curb
and fell a distance of IS feet to the
bottom. In her descent she caught
hold of the rope of the windlass, hold.
ing on TO it until she reached the
water, which was FIVE feet deep. She
cln1g to the rope, which had run out
its full length from the windlass, and
thus saved herself from drowning,
and then, holding q hand to the
rope. she commenced climbing up the
stone curbing, reaching the top in
safety, and with few bruises.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

A STATEMENT of the receipts and
expenditures of the Government fol
the fiscal year ending June 30.b,
shows that the revenues have in
creased over those Of the last veal
about sixteen and q quarter millions
and yet the net surplus, which iasr
year was nearly s2l, oO0, 900, is this
year not quite IS, 900, 600, which viii
go to the sinking fund. The falling
of in the net surplus notwithstand
ing the increase of SIG, 600, 900 is du.
mainly to the action of the Demo
cratic Congress. There was an in
crease in the ordinary expenditure
of over s2G, 00o, 900. OF this amount
$500, 600 went to the Fisheries
award. sl,s0O,o 600 to Capt. Fad,
improvements at the mouth of th,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16


MEMPHIS, July 9.-Frank Mul.
brandon, an Irishman, aged AZ, q
shoemaker by trade. was taken sick
last Saturday afternoon and died to.
day. A post norton examination,
held by six of the leading physicians
of the city, including DR.. Il. W.
Mitchell, late Medical Director Of the
Howard Association, and at presen.
a member of the National Board Of
Health, aud DR.. G. b. Thornton,
President Of the City Board OF
Health, revealed the fact that the
patient had died Of yellow fever. All
the physicians declare it is q sporad-
ic case. Considerable excitement
prevails.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

Boiler Explosion i'm Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, July 1.-THE boiler
of the National steam packing box
mandatory of Adams e. Setter, on
Fourth street, exploded al GAO thi:
morning, killing and injuring q num-
Der of persons. The bodyof August
Setter, n of the proprietors of the
box factory, was recovered from the
ruins st nine O'Clock. The features
were unacceptable and the body
had a large beam resting across the
breast. At 1880 the body of John
Ulrich, engineer, vas found in q pulp
at the mouth of the boiler ilue. The
head was off, end one leg which had
been blown off was found under the
truck. A search was made for the
head in the fiue, but was afterwards
discovered in the debris, close 10
where the rest of the remains were
found. j. Cortell, George Lintz, and
III. Ingersoll were Injured and remov-
ed to the city hospital, as was also
w. earle, a box maker, whose fore
head was terribly lacerated and one
of whose eyes was torn out Work
men are now engaged looking for
other bodies. Stevens chair factory
adjoining was badly shattered by the
explosion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16
Shocking Deaih.

Leah Herb, aged SO, met with q
singular death on Tuesday. near her
home, about a mile south Of Fleet.
wood, in Berks county Pa. Contrary
to the advice Of Fer children, she as.
cended a cherry tree to pick the cher
ries, and was found lying dead be-
meath it. The theory Of her death is
that after having filed her basket
with cherries she commenced de.
scending the tree, and happened to
lay hold on a partly decayed limb Of
the tree, it broke, precipitating her q
distance Of about 20 feet to the
ground In falling she struck 2 stone
wall, causing fatal injuries. After
falling she endearored 20 crawl home,
but had only moved about six yards,
when death overlook her.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

THE public don't need TO be in
formed that the average Democratic
politician is g mighty mean cuss, and
therefore it will not be a matter of
surprise to know that an attempt is
bow being made by the friends of
Tilden to kill off Senator Thurman
by allegations that he is not only in
bodily i'll health, but that bis mental
faculties are dangerously impaired.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

We don't hear much NOWADAYS
about the scarcity of currency, and
there isn't much demand for the re.
peal of the resumption act, that was
going to produce such an awful con-
traction. Nevertheless, We presume
that, with the assembling of the
Greenback conventions, we shall hear
the stereotyped cry for mere money,
although we now have in actual use
in the country more i,aan eight hun.
dred millions OF currency in gold,
silver and paper.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

WITH the announcement that Thur.
man is weakening mentally, come
daily bulletins Of the improved and
now robust health OF Samuel j. Til.
den. The "old man of the mountain
has bis grip fairly around the neck of
the Democracy, and the sooner it re-
eognizes the fact that II is bound to
carry him the better il will fare.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16
A severe storm.

CINCINNATI, ONO, July l0.-Dur
ing q heavy thunder storm this after.
noon two countrymen, on their way
to the city in a wagon loaded with
green corn for market, took refuge
under q bridge near California, Ohio
Lightning struck the bridge and kill
ed both the men and their four hor-
SEES.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

The political campaign in Ohio
will be opened OF the Goth of August,
to close in the second week of Octo-
Der. This has been arranged by the
chairmen of the respective State
committees. The contest will be a
severe one, but there is a substantial
certainty that the Republicans will
win.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

A MONUMENT, to cost $1,000, is to
be erected over the grave of the late
Governor Geary, in the Harrisburg
cemetery. The Legislature arpro-
priated the money to pay for it at the
last session, and the contract for its
erection has been awardedt to a Scran.
ton firm.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

The Washington correspondent Of
the Philadelphia Press re~iterates the
story, upon the authority Of a Penn.
sylyania Democratic politician who
arrived at the capital on Wednesday
that the war upon Senator Wallace
is to be renewed, and that an indie
pendent committee is to be organized
in Philadelphia in the interests o.
Tilden and Randall.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

COLONEL BURcH, the new Secretary
of the Confederate Senate, has or
dered the New York Tribune, Chi
cago Inter. Ocean, and other North
ern papers, to be stricken from the
list of journals taken for the use Of
Senators, and Southern papers to be
substituted in their stead. We pre-
sumo this intelligent Bourbon expects
to thus convert Republican Senators.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16
Ne I'D
NOTICE

Estate Of Philip Shaver, Jr., late Of Somerset
Twp, deceased.
Letters testamentary on the above estate hav.
Ing been granted to the undersigned, notice Is
hereby given TO those indebted 10 1t 10 make i'm.
mediate payment, and those having claims against
1t TO present them duly authenticated for settle
ment at his late residence In said township. ON
Saturday, August ., 1879.
DIR. ROBERT II. PATTERSON.
JOSIAH SHAVER.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

REPUBLICAN fnanciering has saved
the country sixty-seven millians per
annum in the interest on the National
debt
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

Read cur paper this week. careful
~, prayertully-aye, swearfully, il
you must-out read it, Messrs. Yam
KEGS, and see the sentiments With
which we salute tine Fourth of July
since the American flag became a
fostering eye-sore, the American ea-
gle a carrion crow, and the American
Union q lie 'pewed from the pits Of
perdition.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

Blacksmiths'. tools and supplies, such as Iron, Norway Nail
rod Iron, Vulcan Horse-nails, Taper Taps, Horse Shoes, Fine
Sleigh-shoes and Cast Steel, A full line of Best Norway Iron,
Carriage and Fire Bolts, and Axle Clips. complete stock Of
Maleable Iron, Burrs, &c, &c.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16
CARPENTERS TOOLS

we have always on hand a complete stock CT Saws both
Hand and Cross-cut, Axes, Hatchets, Hammers Steel and Try
Squares, C~ompasses, Bench and Fancy Planes etc, etc.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

We always keep a full line of Revolvers, Pistols, ShOtgm3s
Powder-fasks, Shot-pouches, Cartridges, Caps, Wads, Rife and
Shotgun Powder, also a full line of Gun Repairs.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

Yes,-and another thing we want
to whisper in your ear while holding
it: If President Davis wants to go to
the United States Senate ne will GO
with a great huzzah that will ring over
the continent like a regiment of thun-
der-claps.
We want you and your Northern
Democrats (of misbegotten political
pedigree) TO distinctly understand,
now, and here, once for all, that no
Southern man will insult the memory
of our immortal slain by Haunting
the rag OF the Republic over chem.
A rag which they hated with a
heavenly hatred
A rag which they spilled the blood
of life itself in lighting on sea and
shore.
A rag filthy all over with the spots
and blotches of Radical lepsosy
A rag that has been a lie, a cheat
and q mockery since 1861;
A rag whose stars are darkened
with disgrace and whose stripes
are less honorable than a convict's
uniform.
1t was royalty right, we say, that
the Stars and Bars should wave its
bright and beautiful folds over "the
dead who died for it."
Its stars are as clear and luminous
as the planets that shine in the crys-
tai vaults of Heaven.
Its stripes are as spotless as the
lilies of our Southern savannas.
1t symbolizes the highest, the pur-
est, the hottest patriotism of the hui
man heart, and it is therefore a fit
type of the high, the pure, the holy
patriotism Of the heroes who fought
and fell for it.
Keep your star-spangled swindle
for your traitor dead who died while
numbering u people and stealing
our property.
Keep it for them, we say.
We will have none of it.
mol
The Bonny Blue shall toss its spot
less folds over the dust Of our depart
ed, whether you like it or not, and
our Southern winds will nutter it,
and our Southern sunbeams will kiss
it, and our Southern hearts will love
il foreyermore.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16
HARDWARE,

comprising a full line of Rim and Mortise Locks, Cast and
" rought Butts, acorned and plain, a complete stock OF Nails
always on hand, also a full assortment of Glass.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

We have Il complete line of Lamps, Lanterns, and supplies
a full line of Saddlery Hardware, comprising Saddle-tree'
Buckles, Rings, Harness-pads, Ornaments, etc, etc.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

We keep constantly on hand the Celebrated Cucumber
Pump, porcelain lined) and a cheaper quality that are nov
lined. This Pump has taken the lead of all Others wherever
introduced.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

We make a speciality ofPocket and Table Cutlery. Also
Silver Plated Table Ware, Plated and Britannia Spoons.
We also make a speciality of Paints, Oils, and Varnishes' anu
also Painters Tools, etc.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

In the Agricultural Department we have a full stock OIL
Forks, Shovels, Rope, Chains, Name and Cury-Combs, Horse
brushes, ETC., etc.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16
The Music Of m,....-,pp. from in.

Harp OF Okoisna-
From the okolcna miss States, July :, 1879.
o, the Fourth OF July
Ly-ly-ly-ly-
o, the Fourth Of July is a lie.
Since the numbering, piundering, Yankee band,
Swooped down like demons, with blade and brand
To conquer and crush our lovely land,
And throttle us all with an iron hand,
And deny the glorious right and grand
To q Sovereign State its own command.
While they shouted the Tory cry.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

All goods warranted to be as represented. Our princiPTS
are Fair Dealing, Quick Sales, and Small Profits
We challenge competition. Call and examine goods, ana ~
certain prices before purchasing elsewhere.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

The Democratic journals are all
laboring in their vocation, to make a
lie appear the truth, BY vigorously as
sorting that Congress passed an ap-
preparation bill for the pay of Marsh
ais, and Hayes vetoed it. Therefore,
il criminals escape unpur ished, the
President is to blame. The Inter
Ocean replies to these historical Num-
chausens as follows: 1--WE infer from
the Register that Congress 5 loved the
United States Msrshals devotedly.
1t was just wild to pr y them, and
the President was guilty of q crime
against honesty and truth in not
signing the bill. The Democratic
Congress and the Register reasoned
a good deal Ike the first Democrat
in the wilder less.' He said: Com
mand that these stones be made
bread II e showed, also, the king
doms of t'ae world and the glory of
them,' md said: al these things
will L Five thee if thou wilt fall down
and W orship me- The devil was not
half so anxious for bread as he vas
for an acknowledgment of his power
ard the advancement of his king
CON. The language of the Democ-
raey was even more plausible than
that of his satanic majesty; Just
worship our doctrine of States rights,
and don't unfurl the flag of our ma
ton with a little ND at our sacred
voting places, and we will acknowl-
edge you a great and good man.
The President, by his veto, simply
made the old response: Get thee be-
hind me, Satan and the loyal, Free
dom-loving people everywhere said
"Amenn
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

We have always thought. and we
think vet, that if Lincoln had been
taken from the White House at the
breaking out of the war, and hung in
chains, it would have been the heav-
enliest blessing that ever befell any
country in any century.
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SOMERSET. PA.
PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES!

Our stock is complete in all respects, and comprises every
article usually kept in Hardware Stores.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

We don'tl lieve in the Fourth Of
July or any Q aer kind of ALE We
don't that, Captain.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

THE Des Moines Register is en-
thusiastic over the prospect in Iowa,
and says: There has not been SO
much enthusiasm in Republican
meetings since the Grant campaign
Of 1868 as there is this year. The
meetings are as largely attended, as
much interest shown, and as much
interest manifested as in the days
following the war. What is rue Of
Polk county is true Of the whole
State. The party is today 10000
voters stronpert than ii was last year,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

Mississippi. and $500, 600 more to
pay the arrearages of pensions. After
dedoctiBg these really extraordinary
expenses. we have left about $l9, 000,-
coo as the excess of expenditures
over those of last year, for which the
last Democratic Congress is respon-
sible, Notwithstanding its blatant pro.
fessions of economy and reform. MOI
an iEconsiderable item in this Excess
sive expenditure Of the peoples
money are the expenses of the extra
session of Congress, made necessary
by the tactics of the Democratic ma
jority in the preceding House ss Re-
representatives.. 1t is q part of the
price the country must pay &p teach
ing the Democracy q severe lesson as
to what a party majority cannot be
allowed to do in bulldozisg the Pfesi.
dent and attempting to starve.the
government into submission.