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A Duel Prevented.

RICHMOND, VA. July 2s.-Judge
Robert Ould. q prominent lawyer OF
this city, and well known as a con-
federate commissioner for the ex-
change of prisoners during the war,
and DIR. A.. Speers George, also of
this city, were arrested this evening,
charged with being about to engage
in a duel. The trouble between the
parties grew out of q lawsuit known
as the George Case" which was re-
Gently settled by q compromise be-
tween the Philadelphia claimants
(colored) to the estate Of the late
William o. George and the Rich
mond Georges. Judge Ould was
counsel for the Philadelphia claimants
and Mr.. George IA one of the Rich
mond heirs to the estate. Both were
bailed in $1,000 each to appear be-
fore the Police Court tomorrow.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
The Mode In Texns

GALVESTON, July 2S,-A special
dispatch TO the News from San An
tonic gives the following particulars
Of the killing of Thomas +. Devices
by Charles Temple:
Charles Temple and James Ord, a
son of General Ord, department com
mander, were riding from the town
of Pleasanton, when they were hailed
by Thomas F. Devices, between
whom and Temple a feud existed.
Temple asked Devices what be want
ed, when the latter knocked him from
his horse with his fist. Temple re-
treated, but was followed by Devices,
who continued striking him. Finally
Temple drew a knife and plunged 1t
into Devices heart, causing instant
death. Temple and Ord were arrest
ed, but the latter has since been re-
leased.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
woo,nr a widow WIN a Pistol.

COLUMBUS, July 30.-Orma Bur.
nette, a grass widow, has been re-
ceiving the attentions of Ezra Ping in
opposition to the wishes of her faith
er. Home became distssteful to her,
ste left for Jas. Conden's house,
where she was joined by her admirer.
Ping placed mis- arms around her
neck. and playfully remarked that he
was going to shoot her, at the time
producing a revolver. which he plac-
ed TO her breast and pulled the trig-
ger, the ball taking effect just below
the left nipple. Ping was at once
arrested and lodged in jail. He says
that be was only jesting, and had no
thought or intention of shooting ;
thought it was only a toy pistol, and
did not know it was loaded. The wo-
man is in o critical condition, but will
probably recover. She is also gener-
Gus enough to believe the shooting
was accidental.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
WE publish in another part

WE publish in another part of this
paper q set of rules, suggested for the
conduct Of future Republican primary
elections in this county.
IN laying these rules before the
Re nublictns of this county, we dis.
tinca.- state that they are merely
suggestive. The gentleman who fur.
nisbed them for publication. nor we in
public. ing them, do not intend to urge
thei adoption in toto Uerbis. They
ere suSnittedt to the party for scrutiny,
for reflection, amendment, aud not
for adoption by the committee called
to revise the method of making
future nominations II will be diff.
cult to procure the assemblage of q
Convention that viii take the requisite
time and labor to deyise, deliberate
upon, discuss and adopt such a set OF
rules and regulations as we should
have, and that will be generally &C.
ceptable to our party friends: there.
fore, to give shape to. and facilitate
the work of the Convention, the
rules herewith published have been
drawn up AS q nucleus or starting
point.
We call attention to and invite O
careful study Of them with q view to
their amendment and better adapta.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
"To III ~
Result of Jealousy.
Hagerstown dispatch says

A Hagerstown dispatch says:
The neighboring quiet town Ct
Sharpsburg was thrown into great
excitement yesterday by e case of
husband-murder. Lieut.. Geo. A.
Haverfeld, keeper of the Antietam
National Cemetery, has in his en-
ploy many lei keeping the cemetery
in order. Among them was Thomas
II. Benner, "a years old, whose wife,
Ida Estella, is years of age, is house
keeper at the cemetery lodge. Both
Benner and his wife are natives Of
Sh~arpsburg, belonging to very re-
spectacle families. They were mar
ried last December. 1t was q runa.
way match, as her parents objected
to Benner as having too violent o
temper. Yesterday morning, before
breakfast, while Benner and his wife
were in the dining room alone, Ben.
mel began using abusive language to
his wife, charging her with illici. in
timacy with Lieut.. Hsverfeld. He
told her that be would make her con.
fess. and if she did not, be would kill
her. Suiting the action to the word,
be went to the kitchen, returned
with q carving knife and a heavy
stick of wood, and, cursing her, told
her to tell him all, as be was going to
kill her. She told him she had moth
ing to tell, and, ~retreating to a cor
ner, took a carbine, loaded with No.
5 shot, and as be advanced with the
knife uplifted to kill her, she raised
the gun and fred. The charge pass
ed through her husbands left lung
and severed the aorta. He reeled
into the next room and fell dead.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
Ravages of an Unknown Disease.

DUBUoUE, Iowa, July 90.-A dis
Isl akin to cholera is ravaging Gen.
tire Point, Linn county, this State.
Fully twenty persons have died from
its effects during the last thirteen
days and an equal number r pros
trated by it. 1t is also raging in
Walker, a little town seven miles
from Centre Point, several deaths
having occurred there. An order for
forty collins was received from Centre
Point today by a Dubuque undertak-
er. The Physicians of Centre Point
are worn out and residents are fleeing
from the place.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06

IT is singular how an erroneous
statement will travel through the
press and escape detection or con-
tradiction from the most wide-awake
and best informed journalists. Thus
we have seen it stated in the Pitts
burgh and Philadelphia and inter-
mediate country newspapers, that
the proposed extension of the Read
Ing railroad to Pittsburgh, is to be
by way of the Cumberland Valley
Railroad to Chambersburg, thence
through Bedford and Somerset. Now,
there is not one of these journalists
who does not know that the Cumber-
land Valley road is owned by the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and as the
proposed new line whould be a
formidable rival to the latter road,
ii is sheer nonsense TO talk of the
Cumberland Valley road being used
as q link in the extension Of the Read
ing road to Pittsburgh. Some years
since there was a survey made by
Col. James Worrel, of Harrisburg, of
a route from that city, through "Sher-
mans Valley" Bedford and Somer-
set to Pittsburgh. and this doubtless
is the route known as the "Sher-
mans Valley route" which these
inaccurate and careless journalists
mean.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
Two rasar Encounters.

CINCINNATI, July 30.-A duel with
revolvers, between two brothers, at
the breakfast table, occurred 3 miles
from Columbus, Ind, this morning.
Both men were killed. They
Henry and Alexander Covert, sons Of
Luke Covert. aud were living with
their father. Henry had been a
ried, but had separated from his wife
some time ago. He was 10 Columbus
yesterday on business connected with
the divorce. A compromise was
reached, and it was settled that his
wife should go back and live with
him Temporarily. however. she
went back to her fathers house, and
her husband returned home. This
morning, at the breakfast table, the
two brothers sat Oh opposite sides.
The subject OF the compromise came
up in ~conversat on, when Alexander
denounced the wife of Henry as q
common prostitute. At that Henry
drew his revolver. His brother drew
another, and both fred at the same
time across the table. Both shots
took effect. One brother died in 40
minutes and the other fingered until
in the afternoon, when be died.
The streets of Frankfort, Ky, near
the spot where Buford killed Judge
Elliott, were the scene of another
bloody tragedy to-day. John Cole
and Burnet Gordon, farmers, neigh
bors, and brothers-in-law, living on
Flat Greek, near Frankfort. went to
town in the morning, and meeting
in the day in front Of Hays sa-
loon, began a dispute about a stand
ing difficulty between them in regard
to dealing in stock. Angry words
followed, when both men suddenly
drew pocket-knives and rushed at
each other. Gordon, who was sober
and cool, had an advantage ove his
antagonist, who was intoxicated.
The duel lasted several minutes,
both men hacking away al each 9TH
er with fearful effect. Suddenly Cole
staggered inside of the saloon. fell
upon the floor and In five minutes
was dead. A blow from Gordon's
knife had severed the carotid artery,
and be bled to death. There were
half a dozen other frightful gashes in
bis neck and breast. Gordon fought
with a cheap, double 5laded jack
knife, and Cole with a common sin
yle-bladed knife. The blade of Cor
Ions weapon broke short off in the
which severed the artery
Gordon says that, knowing Coles
desperate character when under the
influence of liquor, he knew he had
o fight for his life. and cut away
with all his might. Cole killed a man
several years ago in the mountains
Of Breathitt county. -Four other per-
,onal encounters took place in or near
Frankfort during the day.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06

The negro exodus from Mississippi
has opened up a lively discussion
between the bulldozers and planters.
The ~bulldozers encourage the exodus,
believing that white people will ell
the places of those who leave, while
the farmers plainly see that with the
loss of their laborers their interests
must suffer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06

We heard much during the late
session of Congress, and are daily
encountering paragraphs in Demo
cratic papers about "a fair and free
election Just what is meant by
fair and free elections in the South
is e~xemplifed by a late transaction
in Mississippi, where it seems but
one candidate, aid he a Democrat, is
allowed to run. An independent Dem
ocrat has about as rough a time OF
it as the colored brethren down
there. When a mar offers to run
for an Office against the Democratic
ticket, the "fair and free election
Democrats mob him or run him out
of the country. No wonder the
Democrats have q "solid South
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
assassination at Cairo. Illinois.

CAIRO, ILL.,, July 3O.-John Hogan,
county constable, this afternoon shot
and killed Charles d. AFTER, ex-chief
of police. AFTER was seated reading
a newspaper when Hogan approach.
ed him from behind, and without q
word of warning, fred the fatal shot.
He then quietly surrendered to an
officer, who took him to jail. Hogan
recently separated from his wife,
which time he has appeared
very Respondent, and his friends
think his mind is unsettled. Various
rumors of the motive are aloat, but
Hogan gives no explanation except
that he considers his action ~justif-
able.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
| Pleasure steamer and q Dwelling
Burned-TwO Live Lost.

DETRoIT, MICH, July 3l-A spe-
cial despatch from Battle Greek re-
ports the loss of the steamer Lew
Wallace at Goguaek Lake, two miles
south of that place this morning al
so the dwelling of james Cleveland
and three boat houses. Mrs. Clcve-
land and her infant persisted in the
flames, and two more of her Children
are so badly injured that they are
not expected to live, Mr.. Cleveland
saved his W and the life OF one Of
his children by jumping from the sec.
.ond-story window of his burning
house into the lake. The FIRE origi-
mated in the engine room Of the
steamer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
ton to the ideas and xiehes Of the Re.

ton 10 the ideas aud wishes OF the Re.
~publicans. whose representatives
viii assemble In convention. The
necessity for changing the present
rules is admitted by the calling OF
the convention, and we trust the
changes made will be pertinent,
bend6cial and radical, such as the
experience Of the past few years
proves to be absolutely requisite for
the perpetuity in tact Of the Repub-
lican majority in this county.
In view OF the Importance of the
coming convention. we urge the Re-
publieans Of the different boroughs
and townships to select their stsunch-
est and best men as delegates !; men
OF Judgment, with an eye single to the
best interests of the party, and who
cannot be influenced OF controlled by
aught else than q desire to perfect a
method for securing absolutely fair
and honest elections in the future.
Let these suggested rules be ex-
amined with an eye to their amend
ment, adoption, OF rejection, in part
orin whole, and when the people come
together to select their delegates to
the convention, they will be prepared
to intelligsntly instruct them as TO
their wishes. Thus we will have o
convention of delegates prepared to
act, sad not q body of men without
fixed views, and who have given no
thought to the matter or object for
which thew have assembled.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
-Personating = Revenue Official.

WASHINGTON, July 2s.-James
Sheplar, alias John Brown, was. ar
rested on the oath by q secret service
operative at Danville, ILL.,, charged
with personating a evenu officer.
AS such be collected large sums Of
money from various persons in III I,
Missouri and Indiana. He was
tried, convicted and sentenced to pay
a fine Of $500 and to Imprisonment
for two years.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
An Unhappy Farmer Hang. Himself.

CLEARFIELD, Penn, July pa
few mornings ago Arthur Reece, a
well-to-do farmer, living near this
place, left the house and went to the
barn TO dc some work as was his
custom. He was subsequently seen
at intervals about the barn-yard.
When dinner was ready, be was
cslled, but no response coming the
servant girl went to the barn to lind
him. On opening the stable door,
she discovered his body suspended
by a short rope which was attached
to q cross-beam. His face was al
most black from strangulation. and
he was dead. On examination it was
found that he had stood upon a man.
ger, adjusted the rope about his neck
and then deliberately jumped of.
Near by was found a pine single on
which be had written his will, in
which be charged his wife with being
he cause of the trouble that led him
to end his existence. He was living
with his second wife, and it is known
that their matrimonial relations were
not of the most pleasant kind.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06

OCEAN GROVE, July 30.-A young
man named Chss. PearsolI. 81 years
of age, of Wes,feld. N. j., arrived
with an excursion party this morning
and was drowned while bathing at
noon. He swan beyond the lines,
although warned of his danger by
the bathing master. His body was
recovered at Asbnry Park. His
mother, sisters and brothers were on
the beach at the time.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
Raid by DesperBdOes.

ST. LOUIS, August 3.-Four un-
known men, supposed to belong to a
gang of desperadoes in the Indian
Territory, rode into Coneyville, Kan
yesterday, robbed the p~ostofice and
committed other depredations. The
citizens resisted, one of whom, named
Fitzpatrick, was killed, and another
named Roberts wounded. The rob-
bers then left, and shortly after a
detachment of United States troops
started in pursuit of them, but at last
accounts had made no arrests.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
Captured.

ATLANTA, Ga, July 2s.-Oficers
have just returned from a blood
hound hunt after a negro, mt of the
murderers of Defoor and his wife on
Friday night. They captured him,
ard he confessed to the murder being
done by himself, a white man and
another negro. Asa Morgan, the
captured man, says he held the lamp
while the white man killed the old
Two officers are after the
other two. Morgan is in Jail He
was badly bitten by the hounds. lie
says q large amount of money was
obtaired by the murderers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
An Unfortunate Affair.

ST.. PAUL, July 29-John Krunz,
of East Pennington, Polk county,
Wis, drove into the lake with six
children to water his horses. The
horses becoming frightened ran into
deep water, the wagon was upset,
and Krunz and five of the children
were drowned. One boy escaped by
swimming. The eldest child was a
girl of
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06

ALI sdvices from Ohio indicate a
sweeping Republican victory in Dc
tober. Party lines are being drawn
closely, the exciting Issues forced
upon the country by the extra ses-
sion of Congress are widely discussed,
and Republican principles are COM
ing to the front with a rush.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06

The all absorbing issue before the
country is 'shonest suffrage" whies
mean fair elections and an honest
count, without shot guns, bulldozng,
revolvers or ballot-box stutfing. The
Democrats demand all these auxil-
~liaries, and interpret universal suf-
frare to mean "vots early and often"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
A Mistake.

LOUISVILLE, July 30.-Two young
sous of DR.. A. H.. Boyd, in Livings-
ton county, being i'll, their father de-
termined to give them santonine, but
through mistake gave them some
poison. In half an hour they had
spasms, and one died in half and the
other in three-quarters of an hour.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
The EIemenI. AFTER OHIO Men.

CINCINNATI, July 3o-A special
dispatch from Wooster, Ohio, says q
terrific rain storm burst upon that city
last evening, the water coming down
in a perfect food, submergilg whole
streets and rising waist deep in a
number of houses in the lower part
of the town. The inmates of some of
the houses were obliged to be remov-
ed by means of ladders. The water
flooded the gas house to the depth
of FIVE feet. Cows and smaller ami
mails were carried away. The tele-
graph lines and railroad tracks east
of the town were washed away.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
KILLED az inc Gamsnr Table.

CINCINNATI, July 29.-While W.
r. Henderson, of Greenfield, o., and
landlord Home were engaged in q
game of cards in a saloon at Wash-
ington, Ohio, this afternoon, q diff
Guilty arose concerning the manner
in which a play was made, during
which Henderson stabbed Home
through the heart, killing him instant
1v
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06

CHEESE is fast assuming q position
of great magnitude among u articles
of export Last week the shipment
of cheese from this country averaged
one million pounds q day, and for
the first time exceeded the exports of
bacon.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06

Ii is estimate d that Europe will
need SOC, o00, 900 bushels of Ameri-
can grain during the current year
to make good ber deficient crops.
This means business for the Ameri-
a farmer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
HERE are a few facts worthy {

HERE are a few facts worthy OF
attention BY all citizens: In 1865
the interest bearing debt Of the
country wss s. 1881, $50, 294, and It is
now 81, ,6s3, zoe. In 1865 the
annual interest of the debt was
$50, 977,697, now it is sS3,773,77S
Having carefully considered these
figures, ask yourself who and what
created this debt 1? and then who is
honestly entitled to the credit Of
thus reducing it!
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06

AT Atlanta, Ga, the other day, q
Mormon, who had been preaching
bis doctrines and making some con-
verts in that vicinity, was shot and
killed because be wouldn't submit
.peaceably toa horse-whipping. He
couldn't have been treated much
worse, If be had been q Republican.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
A N ACCouN, rs.

=
The following accounts have been fill ID and will
be presented 20 the Court for confrma tion on
Thursday, August 2SM, 1879.
The first and inal account of Geor, q Walk
er. Assignee of Peter W.. Suder.
The first and final account of Geor, q q. Walk
er. Assignee of William Cook.
The hrst account of L. g. Coli orn Assignee
OF @. b. Colborn aud wife.
First and final account Of Thomas Lee, assignee
Of John Folk.
II. T. SCHELL-
July 20. Protbonotary
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06

ALEXANDER III. STEPHENS writes
a letter to the editor Of the Louisville
Democrat in which be says: "The
right of secession l never questioned,
and have defended with all the
power | could command, but my
judgment vas very decided against
its policy. Ny mind on these SUBJ
jects has undergone no change and is
not likely to undergo any" Thus it
will be seen that the Vice President
Of the Confederacy, who is looked
upon as the most conservative
Southern Democrat in Congress,
stands just where he did during the
war. The right to secede is as much
a doctrine now as it ever was, and is
as openly advocated as it was before
1861. The war decided nothing ac-
cording to this Democratic doctrine.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06

We have a complete line of Lamps, Lanterns, and SuPp"@
l. full line of Saddlery Hardware, comprising saddle-H'"
uckles, Rings, Harness-pads, Ornaments, etc, etc.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06

In the Agricultural Department we have a fuii sGGA ="
Forks, Shovels, Rope, Chains, Name and Curry-ComOs' hU"'
brushes. etc, etc.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06

We make a speciality ofPocket and Table Cutlery 80
Silver Plated Table Ware, Plated and Britannia Spoons i
We also make a speciality of Paints. Oils, and Narnl'he'' "'
also Painters Tools, etc.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06

We always keep a full line of Reyolvers, Pistols, Shot'S"n5
Powder-fasks, Shot-pouches, Cartridges, Caps, Wads, Rne anu
Shotgun Powder, also a full line of Gun Repairs.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
CARPENTERS O

. e have always on hand a complete stock CT Saws C%m
Hand and Cross-cut, Axes, Hatchets, Hammers Steel and II!
Squares, Compasses, Bench and Fancy Planes etc. etc.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
BUILDERS HARDWARE,

a full line of Rim and Mortise Locks, Cast ana
Wrought Butts, acorned and plain, a complete stock oil Nms
always on hand, also a full assortment of Glass.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06

We keen constantly ON hand the Celebrated CucumTl
Pump. porcelain lined) and a cheaper quality that are n
lined. This Pump has taken the lead of all others "he'''N
introduced.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06
ALSO

All the right, title, interest and claim of VIM.
Radclif, of, in and 10 the following described real
estate, viz.
A certain tract of land situate in Meyersdale
borough, somerset county, Pa, containing s acres,
more or less, with a IL story frame dwelling house
thereon erected, adjoining lands Of John Was
muth, Andrew Seignor and Bridget Riley, with
the appurtenances.
Taken in execution as the property Of William
RadclIii, at the suit of J. NJ. Hay, use Of Z q.
Meyers, use of j. NJ. Hay.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-08-06

All goods warranted to be as represented. Our PH"F
are Fair Dealing, Quick Sales, and Small Profits aud as
We challenge competition. Call and examine goods IL"
certain prices before purchasing elsewhere