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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22
Downcy'- Compliments sa Conroth.

/ NAsHIEGToS, Deccmber14.-Cou-
/ gresham CofIru,h Of the XVII
District Is in a little difficulty with
Major Downey, clerk of the Com
mittee on Invalid Pensions, OF which
Nr Cofiroth IS chairman. TIE
statement Of the affair, Us related by
the uninterested observers is rs fol
lows: Major Downey was one of the
most devoted OF NJ. Cofro,I's adhe-
rents IN his fight for election To the
7 present Congress. lie contributed
largely Of his time and money 10 Sc
cure Mr.. CofrotL's success. Very
properly the,member from tie Seven
teenth rendered Major Downcy the
cierkship OF his committee. At the
beginning Of The present session Mr..
Cofiroth's son applied for the Clerk
ship of his fathers Committee. and
the Senior Coiiroth in q polite letter
requested Major Downey to resign.
The Major did not take the hint.
This letter was followed Lv O. second
note otsimilar import 10 the FIRST
one. To this note MAJOR Downey
replied that he did not intend to re
sign He added, moreover. that he
had 4 majority of the Committee
with him, and he did not propose to
90. Mr. Coffroth's friends are won
dering what action he VIII take in
the prcmjscs.-Ibs Pres
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22


pension business receive an ever
hauling?
The justice and right Of pension
ing disabled soldiers is nowhere de
MED. but the bounty Of the govern
ment can surely be protected soas TO
prevent il being stolen by the un-
worthy. A system under which
'anybody can get a pension who IS
willing to take a false oath" and un-
de, which it is estimated by compe-
tent authority, that 100000 was
paid oet hauduleutly last year
should fr obvious reasons be
anc.te1.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22
sherman Caraics thr Pay

CoLuEBus. Dee. l9.-Ihe eaE
pondeuce Is published t,.
Thomas \. Covgiil. George N NJ
and tioyeruor Foster lel-a-lH-
Withdrawal Of the latter from f
senatorial contest on account . .
dlrrcr of the bitterness grcrI
of the struggle and cousegueat
~ the iirpubilcap Paar, ID "-.
Governor Foster says he h-- Cd.
cludrd To yield to the iuI-m f.
his friends and Withdraw .r1~ -
canvass.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22

THE County Commissioner Of ~.
loghcny County having settled thc
claims for losses by the riot, which
were estimated at S4,500.OO0 foi
about s2,G00,O00 It's now propos-
a TO press q bin before the next
legislature providing that the State
si,ail assume the payment Of the
bonds which thc county ha. given
in settlement of the claims.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22

CoNGREssNAN HUGD, OF Ohio, has
introduced in the House q series Of
Free Trade resolutions which he
says bt is determined 20 push until
he forces his Democratic colleagues
to face the music oa that issue.
Hurd insists that his party, as o
party, is hostile 70 protection, and
the sncaks in it who profess TO be in
favor OF that doctrine must rccant or
be driven out. The country VIII be
profoundly grateful TO Mr.. Hurl if
he viii force his party to 20 square
Iv upon .le record Ga this vital
question. The laboring men Of the
North know thata protective tariff
assures to them better wages, q more
independent condition, and is q
bulwark for their strength and skill.
Protection commaads itself to all
classes Of toilers who desire good
wages for their labor, and it is only
by false prctenscs and through loud
professions Of friendship for Che
.laboring man, that the Democracy
have hitherto succeeded - retain
ing the support Of portion ot the
.laborcrs of the country. By al
means let Mr.. Huri push his rcso-
lutions. The sooner parties are ar-
rayed on the distinctive issue be-
tween free trade and protection to
American industry, the better Wilt
be. Leave OF your damuahlc faces
and begin" "
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22
h ! oftune Lost.

JERSEY CITY, Dec. I'll. 81. AIver
OF Augusta, Ga, reported AZ .oliee
headquarters this morning that
while On the way here he was rob
bed Of sl0,S00, which was in a bar
under his pillow. lie says the rob-
beTy was committed between t.5i,
city and Philadelphia some time
between four and six O'Clock
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22
st. IONS Grain Sales.

ST, Louis, December 15.-Tha
books Of George II. Morgan, Secrcta-
ry of the Merchants Exchange
show that during the past year there
have been sold at regular call on
Change over 1S,J00O00 bushels OF
cash grain and a trihe less than So
0JJ,0O0 bushel for the future. The
future sales or option deals made
on the floor Of the Exchange, out
side OF sales at call, viii aggregate
fully 500,0J0O00 bushels during the
came perird
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22

PRESIDENT HAYES has designated
,hc Secretary Of War 10 act rs Sec
~ctary Of the Navy, in addition TO
ais other duties, on and after the
2oth inst, the date on which Socre-
sary Thompson wishes to retire.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22

INthe eighty national cemeteries
there arc buned the bodies Of
147, ,495 men whose names are still
unknown. This Is nearly half ofall
those buried IN the cemeteries men
lioncd. 170,997 is the number of
those whose names are known.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22

\ DELEGATION of Westmoreland.
Indiana and Armstrong County poll
iicians last week visited President
elect Garfield, and urged upon him
the selection of Gen. Harry White
as amember Of his Cabinet. Cheeky
that-but taking time by the fore
IL
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22

WAsaINGT1N, December l,-
was the desire Of General Na.>,
have ready By the .0tl ias.ai. (
least The figures giving thsIaL
tions of the different States '' A-
they could be submitted 20 t0a4.
with a view Of arranging the OH.
tionment. bat there have been +.
many drawbacks and the I1'-.5
were 50 faulty that It is not thou
the list will be ready till some '-'
in January.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22

TIE Washington Star says that
Tic physical condition Of Justice
Hunt Of the Supreme Court OF the
United States, is so bad that he
cannot even sign his own name. lie
has soitening Of the brain. Here
uiD be an opening for another Ohio
l..rvlr-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22
Justice Strong Tenders HIS l.r-.-1
siIu.

Wt-HiSGToN, Dcremu.- lt-
tice strong Of the Slpr-mr t.U
the United States handed a',r-
nation to the President t.-.a.
take effect Immediately.
resignation VIII hc aracrtI.
new appointment made g.. .r
cay. The condition Of jC-.
Hunt and Clifford remains 81.
the same. The latter
rather better to-day taaa ..-
time during the past three g..s'
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22

Col. \. Wilson Norris, the Repub-
lican candidate for Senator IN tic
Sixth District to fll The vacancy
caused by the death of the Hon
VIM. Elliott, was elected last week
without opposition, he Democracy
.9, being able 70 gaa candidate TO run
evainst him.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22

TIM next Congress viii have to
Ieal Ui,h l5 tolls contested seats.
sixteen Republicans claim to have
reu counted out in different dis
,-;a ia tho 9uth. besides Re
.d.g@s- Deu.aarst and one Green
back Democrat.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22
rs ior political purposes

The same fellows who, twomonth.
ago, were accusing General Garfield oi
being rich through corrupt practices.
now turn and ridicule him because
lac has a mortgage upon his farm.
One sneeTs, "He cannot manage his
Own business successfully. 1t is
only necessary to say that General
Garfield is not rich, but has plenty,
and is abundantly able to pay his
debts.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22

SizcE the Democracy were wal
loped q; the late election, despite
lheir efforts to carry Indiana with
money, andthe Pacific States through
forgery and fraud, they have grown
excessively v;rtuous. Senator Pen
.leton now wants 20 prohibit By law.
al Federal osiccrs. claimants and
contractors from making contribu-
1ions fer political purposas.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22

Ii i the greatest OF mistakes drug
ging the system with medicines to
cure Kidney trouble. The applica-
tioa Of 8 DAYS KIDNEY PAD to the
small Of the back viii cure when
nothing else can.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22

Cos. Hon. Lasissued prociama-
ton showing that the state debt ha'
been reduced She past year s3-o.-
ga ~
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22

THE Preside dent has renominated
Gen. John Hall for Marshal, and
Hon. George Anderson for Post
Master Of Pittsburgh, the commis-
sions Of these gentlemen having ex-
pred Both are capable, efficient
and nonUlar officer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22

JpEE j. LyNeu. the eo,ofeb eS-
member o- tonsress Lro1 the shoe
string District ol Mississippi WI"
was cheated out OF A's ccTtli'eaIe III
November, has written q long letter
to the Cincinnati lo"alor.N expos
.ing the fraud Ar lynea says That
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22

II Judge Woods, whom the Presi-
dent has Just nominated for Judge
of the Supreme Court Of the United
states, to take the place Of Judge
Strong resigned, Is confirmed, Ohio
,7ill have three Of her sons on that
bonch-Waite. Swavnc and Woods.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22

THE House by q vote 20 yeas to
Il navs has agreed to take q recess
from Wednesday the 22d inst. TO
Wednesday the 9th Of January.
The Senate is playing coy over the
resolution, but in good time it viii
DC aaopted. No hurry, you know,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22

ALEXANDER RAMSEY, 2 native
.Harrisburger. and at one time as
good a iournyman carpentcras ever
showed a plane in Dduphin county
-subsequanty lawyer, then the
Representative in Congress Of the
district Of which that county was a
part-and, having gone West to be-
come Governor Of Minnesota. and a
United States Senator from thcsame
. State. is now virtually at the head OF
two departments of the Federal
. Government War and Navy
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22

AMONG the currcnt rumors N re-
lation to State affairs IS one that
Governor Iioyt, in nominating
Superintendent of PuA.ie Instruc-
ton for the State, wiliuame a rev
man in place Of Prol Wickcrsham
sIr. W. has held The place for g lone
series O. years, and according to the
views Of some people ibis should
qualify him for Longer service. whiiJ
the opposite view is that turn
about" should he the rule
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22

r.rooei s TTqr- oo,,,r,,,.I;,-
Detachment Of nouataj NY, = i 'r'IIi n5I.c,
Marine Band and drnIo and In-
/ Igle corps.
Union Veteran Corn- ffy nan
IN .yloy ..ar-n.I. tidgl- ~ ~. - ln5
blue Dant,. rullv a44iri,t ,r;th
muskets with fixed b4ra6ats unS.r
1.-The command Of C5ptsin : a
. Thauassan and T;eutenauts y 4
{.~afl ana r p H 10
coloacl Paul +. brod.a ode. a3.s.,a.-
general Of tlis depsrtment.
Genera! r. C. Ford danqrtmcrt
commando.
Department staff. consisfinrar p
2. Graham chief Of staff NJ liam
Gibson. insgector--eneraj Jobn
Cameron. chieEmusteri9a officer.
. O. II. Ncalv. quartermas,- s,-r-gcneral
u. y. Cutler. commjssarv-.gcncr.l
land I. Y. Mitchell. 3. II. OIipbsDt
4 G. II. Nye. aides-dc-camp.
Carriagc continuing General Grant
Senators Logan and burnside gpd
Representative Havley
CArriage containing Nessrs Tieh-
euor. Rutherford. fh0mpsoa and
Crandall. Representatives 81 tle ma
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-24
Boston Pilot. |

"To all my friends I leave kind
thoughts" said John Brougham in his
last will and testament. 1t is a char
acteristic legacy, and all that poor
Brougham had to give. He never kept
enough of anything, but charity and
good nature, to have surplus at the
end. An incident at his burial illus
trated his utter unselfshness through
life. The friends who followed his body
to Greenwood were delayed there some
time by the difficulty of getting the
coffin into the grave that had been
opened for it, owing to the space being
SO marrow.
While the friends waited, the cause of
the grave being so cramped was ex-
planned. Some years ago a young actress,
stranger in the country, died in extreme
poverty. 1t was found dificult to get
enough money to bury her. Brougham
had no money to give, but he offered a
grave in his plot in Greenwood. His
wife had been buried OF one side of the
plot, the friendless young actress at the
other, and when the time came that he,
too, should be buried, there was scarcely
enough room remaining tc receive his
body. He had thought of himself last
as he always did, and his generosity
hampered him even in the grave.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-24

The Salvation Army has sent a de.
tachment to San Francisco for the
evangelization of that wicked city. L,
Philadelphia the work goes on, but at.
tracts little or no public attention. Sew
eral meetings are still maintained in the
city. Commissioner Raillton fits between
New York and Philadelphia, and is fire.
quently seen on trains, clad in the
uniform of his militant force, and
with Salvation Army" inscribed ir
letters of gold on the crimson
handage which encircles his cap. Or
Friday afternoon some naughty Philadel.
phia boys rudely shouted at him as he
was entering a street car, "Hi! Hi,
There goes Old Salvationp Instead oil
taking vengeance on these lads, or ever
praying for she bears to come around tht
corner and destroy them, Commissioner
Railleston calmly smiled on his persecu
tors and rode on his way. This cours,
brought upon him the quiet eneomium'
of his fellow passengers.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-24
Marie of RusSia.

The Empress Marie, of Russia, was not
much known to the people of the Cars
empire. A German by birth, the daugh.
ter of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse.
Darmstadt, she had been brought up in
the traditions of a small and refined
Court, very punctilious in its etiquette
and aristocratic in its prejudices. On
arriving in Russia after her marriage
with Czarowitch, in 1S41, she found little
that was congenial to her tastes in the
surroundings of Emperor Nicholas, and
shut herself up within a circle of her
own intimate friends, which she never
much enlarged even after her husband
had assembled the throne. She had a
very difficult part to play, for the en-.
nifty which existed between the Czaro-
witch and his brother Constantine had
split up the Russian Court into squab-
bling factions, and if the Grand Duchess
Marie had lent her husband active sup
port by means of her tongue and of in
tri CUES she might have brought matters
to perilous crisis. But her cool Ger
man temperament and great personal
dignity stood her in good stead. She
generally pretended not to see anything
that was going on around her; and she
avoided politics, except when she could
speak with persons whom she trusted.
On one occasion her patience was sore
ly tried, for, her husband having gone
to visit the feet at Cronstadt, Constan'
tine, who was Grand Admiral, had him
put under arrest for not being in full
uniform when he came on board. So
deliberate an insult offered to the Heir
apparent by his own brother must have
had terrible consequences if the Grand
Duchess had espoused her husbands
cause with intemperste ardor; but the
future Empress treated the matter with
seeming Indifference, and said to some
body who came to condole with her
that the vindication Of her husbands
dignity might safely be left with the
Gar. Nicholas felt deeply grateful for
this display of tact; and the secret lean.
ings which he was supposed to hsve felt
till then towards Constantine were trans
ferred to Alexander. He not only pun
ished Constantine with severity, but in
the following year (when the Grand
Duchess Marie's eldest son was born)
made him swear allegiance publicly to
his eldest brother, under pain Of being
deprived Of his admiralship. Constan-
tine took the oaths with i'll grace enough,
for he was the idol of the Old Muscovite
party, opposed to the so-called "German
clique" which looked to the Czarowitch
and the Grand Duchess as their leaders
and he hoped to succeed to the throne
But from the day when the Czarowitch's
wife had foiled his outbursts of temper
by her judicious frmness and modera.
ton, his chances were gone, for the
laughers were no longer ON his side; and
an act which might have been the pre-
cursor of great political consequences
was made to appear simply freak ol
splenetic splendor.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-24
THE DAILY STAR
Grandpa's Barsa.
IHarper's Young People ]

JHarper's Young Peoplel
Oh, Jolly old place is grandpa's barn,
Where the doors sand open throughout tnt
day,
And the cooing doves fly in and out
And the air is sweet with the fragrant nay;
Where the grain lies over the slippery floor.
And thu hens are bHsily looking around.
And the suibeans flicker. now here. now there
And the breeze blows through with a merr.
sound.
The swallows twitter and chirp all day,
With flutterng wings, in the old brown caves
And the robins sing IN the trees which lean
To brush the roof with their ruslllng leaves
Dior the glad vacation time,
When grtndpts barn viii echo the shout
OF merry children, who romp aud play
In the new. born freedom of school let out!
Such soaring of doves from their cosy nests,
Such hunting OF esgs in tire lofts so high,
Till the frightened hens, with cackle shrill,
From their dden treasures are fainto ny.
Oh, the dear old barn, SO cool, SO warm!
Its doors will open again eie long
To the summer sunshine the new-mown hay.
And the ner y ring of vacation song.
For grandpa's barn is the jolliest place
For froic and tun on summers day
And e'eu old Time, as the years slip by,
Ils memory never can steal away.
MARY D. BRINE.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-24
stories of Jacob fright.

A story with quaint, old-world favor
about it is told of the Quaker cotton
spinner and his Solomon-like mode of
delivering judgment in cases which his
neighbors brought before him in an in
formal way. Some pigs belonging to a
certain Mrs. Ann Jones used to be put
out to feed on Cronkeyshow Common
but, prompted by desire for better
fare, they were in the habit Of straying
into Mr.. Bright's garden, much to the
annoyance of the man-servant, Samuel
Sheriff. Samuel expelled the swine from
time to time in his own rough way; and
one day, his patience being exh austed,
he gave one Of the pigs such tremen-
dous blow with a stick as to render the
hind legs of the animal completely use
less.
Mrs. Jones appealed to Mr.. Bright to
give her justice; and Mr.. Bright sum-
moned Samuel, the pig, and Mrs. Jones
before him in propria persona; and after
hearing all the evidence, and considering
the arguments brought forward on either
side, summed up to the effect that Mrs.
Jones had been to blame for permitting
her pigs to trespass in the garden after
repeated warnings, and that Samuel had
no right to deal the pig SO hurtful a
blow. His award was that the animal
should be slaughtered and divided into
two parts, Mrs. Jones to retain the un-
damaged half, and Samuel to take the
wounded half, paying Mrs. Jones for it
at the then market price of pork. Mrs.
Jones was thus insured of the value Of
the pig, and, at the same time, Samuel,
though ordered to pay sum of money,
had the satisfaction of having his
mouey's-worth Of eating.
Mr.. w. Robertson, who has written q
biography of Mr.. John Bright, tells us
how Mr.. Jacob Bright would take his
stand at the mill gates on a winters
night, with lantern in his hand and 9
thick overcoat wrapped tightly round
him, and as his work-people trooped ou1
Of the factory would give the children
into the charge of their elders, with in
structions that they should be seen safe
home. In taking bis walks about thu
mill during working hours, it is alsc
said, he was always armed with sup
ply of Spanish juice" and If he heart
anv Of the children coughing he woult
Instantly take the confection from hi
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-24

pocket and present a goedly piece to the

pocket and present goedly piece to the
sufferer.
1t was the custom in those days for
overlookers to carry leather straps,
which they used freely upon the backs
and shoulders of the children under their
charge whenever they considered cor
rective necessary, which, unfortunately,
was very often. Mr.. Jacob Bright, how
ever, would never allow such aa instru-
ment to be introduced in his works, but
in cases of neglect or disobedience the
offenders were put out in corner OF the
stairs until they showed signs of oontri.
ton. None could have been more kind
or considerate toward factory children
than he, and no surer way of obtaining
a holiday could be devised than sending
a deputation of children to plead for it.