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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-20

Guiteaa's trial has developed. in its
latest stage. into . %convoeation Of his
victims. The list OF witnesses one day
was largely . rell.call Of his creditors.
and the promptness with which. on
catching sight Of each successive occu.
pant Of tho stand, the prisoner an.
nouncsd the sum no owed him, showed
anything but forgetiulnsss Of his prom.
isss to pay. II W him s95." Wal his
greeting for the Rev. DIR. Macarthur. 81
owe him s10." was the comment ON
Mr.. Plummsr. Judge HAYES followed.
and ~ owe him S75." exclaimed Gut
tssu. Mr.. Charles Il. Raymond be vel
cemsd with an acknowledgment that he
owed him $50. and soon after. when
Mclean Shaw's name was called. the
prisoner said quickly. ~ haven't seen
Mr.. Shaw for several years. I'm glad to
. him. / owe him $50" His men,
DRY In better than his disposition or abil-
ity to pay.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-20

DR.. Juris. . proninsnt physician Of
Vienna. tells Of two complete cures OF
dipsomanis effected By him in an sx-
~traordinary manner. One Of the cases
was that Of an habitual drunkard who
was picked cut Of the gutter BY the
police. and was handed over to tho Doc
tors treatment, in the Correction Hos
pital," for q period Of fourteen days.
The Dostcr al once ordered that every
article Of food or drink given him should
receive q liberal addition Of whisky Of .
not over refined quality. Water. milk.
Soup. meat. and vegetables were all
treated in this way, and whisky was even
infused into the cir that he brsathsd,
through saturaion Of the walls. fissrs.
and bedding. At arst the man pro.
claimed himself highly satisnsd with his
treatment. and said he would always like
to have suoh . sensible physician. The
second day. however. he began to feel
nausea, the third day be vented imms-
diatsly after eating. and thereafter not .
neal was taken that wa not followed by
vomiting. From day to day hs expert.
sncsd increasing torment, and finally
begged pitseusly for relief. The result
was that at the end Of two weeks. though
much reduced In assh, hs was nllsd with
such rspusnancs for strong drink that
be was never aitsrwsrd able to indulge
in ID again. The other case MENTIONED
by DR.. Juris WA Of . similar character,
and vas treated BY him in the same way
and with equal success.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-20

Mr.. s. s. Cox says: Certainly taxa
ton ought to reduced. The internal
revenue system should be nodifsd-not
now abolishea-and the tariff should DO
revised. Our legislation should be In .
more continental spirit, not in . marrow
spirit. not in the interest alone Of the
ssabosrd or q section. but Of the country
and the continent. Most certainly should
We build up . navy and q merchant
marine.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-20

II IL held in England that Mr.. Blaine's
argument upon the Susz Canal, made
for the purpose Of illustrating his posi-.
tien with reference TO the proposed
Panama Canal wsakens rather than
strengthens his case. It is pointed out
that England neither exercises nor
claims the exclusive control Of the Suez
Canal, nor has she built Notifications on
tho Isthnus. Blaine Is apparently
Of the view held here respecting the
Susz Canal. that In Ease Of war with
England would regard the Suez Canal
not available for immediate military use,
but as a prize Of victory. The sudden
Development OF the Panama question
overshadsws the Chilean. Peruvian com.
p~lication, respecting which Englishmsn
now believe or hope that President Ar.
thur has no design 10 assert an American
Prs~teetOraie. The English government
has opened negotiations at Washington
and with some continental Powers with
q view to establish International Courts
for dealing with the Pacific Island out.
RACES. It is determined that tho Court
shall sit in Sydney.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-20

A story 10 now current in Warrington
that Seoville's family Wal informed BY
Gsiteau Of his contemplated assassina-
ton Of President Garfield some time
before July %. while Ssovills was aS-
sent from home, and that that informa.
ton brought Scovills home just In time
10 hear Of the great tragedy.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-20

The Rsv. DR.. Thsmas. the Chicago
expelled Methodist. has termed Q Peo-
pies Church. and is preaching TO twice
as many people al before. for twice as
much salary. The only creed the new
organization holds il the Ten Command
msnts and the teachings Of Christ.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-20
General Beals will. from IN.

General Bsals viii. from the present
indications. probably be Secretary Of the
Navy. The President Is inclined to
sratify General Grants wishes a. to one
Cabinet place. and Grant warmly In.
dorsss Bsals.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-20

Before We provoke . war with Chile.
or in fact with any second class nation.
II would be well for rs to put q navy
ON q war footing. In the condition OF
our navy. a. said BY Senator Jones, Of
Florida, the smallest ssaboard State on
earth can slap Us in the face with i'm.
punity. Our naval weakness 10 most
humiliatisg. It Isl pititul national and
insxcusabls imprsvidenos in this coun.
try net to bs prepared for an emergency.
We ought not to be helpless at sea-"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-20

Since 1867 no fewer than $500 houses
in Edinburgh that were pronounced
un6t to live in have been pulled down;
more than 81. COG. 900 was at the Same
time spent in city improvements. Tho
result Of this on the death rate Is inter-
eating and instructive. In 1863 II was
twsuty-six in Q thousand. Now Il IL
twenty in q thousand.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-20

Resolutions were introduced in the
House yesterday asking fol. information
concsrning American citizens eonfnsdin
British prisons and In regard to the dis
continuance Of the Star route service.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-20

In the Senate yesterday Farley intro
duosd q hill to enable the State Of Call.
fornia to take lands In lieu Of the Six-
tssath and Thirty.sixth sections found
to bs mineral lands.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-20

Journalists rule France. 1t IL declared
that there Is now no man Of prominsnce
in the public lie Of France who has not
at some time been q journalist. And
many OF the Senators and Deputies dis.
course in type almost daily upon the
many topics which they discuss in the
Senate aad Chamber. Jules Simon, who
has been both q Cabinet Minister and o
Premier. does not, on that account, hes
itats to become editor Of the Gdalois, In
which journal he will attack Gambetts
with oil the severity ct his command.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-20

The total amount OF standard silver
dsllars put in circulation during the
week ending December II was $44S, 500.
against s3ls. 996 for the corresponding
week Of last year.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-20

/. il stated that San Diego will make
e~snnsstion with the Southern Pacific
Railroad At Cslton on or about the lss
Of March next.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-20

Washington kilograms state that sI-
Secretary Blaine has declined to deliver
the sulsgy on the late President Gar
fsld before the House.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-20

jefferson Davis passed through New
York on his return from Europe without
stepping and without intending to stop
until hs reached Memphis. For 25o
miles Of his journey. extending through
Columbus. Cincinnati and Nashville. no
ran the gauntlet Of newspaper reporters
and came out unseathed. Not n Of
them could extract q word from him on
the subject Of Confederate bonds. tho
prosperity Of the South or anything
political. He did not even know how
his book was selling. Tho fact Is he was
travel-worn. impatient to get home, and
In no mood to figure in . sensational in
teryiew.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-20

And now Gsllisno, the eowardly Ital.
ian assassin Of San Francisco, claims to
be crazy.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-20

Secretary Frelinshuyssn took posses.
sion Of tho State Department yesterday.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-10-26
Smashed Engines.

MANSFIELD, O, Oct. 23.-Yester-
day morning there was collision
on the B. & o. Railroad near Inde-
pendence. From a misunderstood.
ing of orders by the conductor, a
north bound freight, which has been
lying on siding, pulled out on the
main track just as south bound
freight, running at full speed, came
in view. Before the momentum Of
the latter could be checked the trains
collided, and such was the force of
the shock that both engines reared
up on end and then feel oyer side
ways, and ten or twelve cars, with
their contents, were badly wrecked.
In consequence, the passenger train
due here at A. NJ. was delayed till
Jpn. Fortunately no person on
either train was hart.
A gentleman from Gallon is here
trying to interest our capitalists in a
scheme which he claims has mill
ions in it. This is to purchase a
tract of land near the city, and upon
it to erect tanks and sui table build
ings for the storage and refining of
crude oils in enormous quantities,
the same to be held or disposed of
as the marked price falls or advan-
ces.
Three horses have been stolen in
this country during the past week
and in every instance the thieves
made good their escape,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-10-26
Drugged and Robbed.

CoRRy, Pa, October 23.-Early
yesterday morning a most daring
robbery was perpetrated on train
between Utica and Erie. w. N.
Brown, of Masseville, Ross county,
Ohio, was returning home, having
fifty dollars sewn in a belt around
his body. Brown noticed two fiashy
young men sitting near him. They
were very communicative, and treat
ed him to wine from flask. While
lying in drowsy condition on the
seat, and in a car full Of passengers,
Brown felt cloth pressed over his
mouth and nostrils. One man sat
on him while the other held o
handkerchief. He lost all con-
sciousness, and the men pretended
their friend was overcome by heat,
carried him out on the platform for
fresh air. There they removed his
belt, and bringing him back, got of
at the next station under pretense
of getting medical aid. The hand
kerchief was fond to be saturated
with chloroform, which caused in
vestigation and development of the
foregoing facts.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-10-26

WAsmIsGTos. October 23.-The
French and German guests will be
given reception by Secretary
Blaine at Wormley's Hotel, Mon
day night. They will leave next
Sunday for Boston. The Germans
were entertained at a dinner Satur-
day night by the German citizens OF
the District. Commissioner Dent
and number of invited guests from
Baltimore were present An un-
published letter from General Wash
ington to Baron Won Steuben was
read and much enthusiasm mani
tested. The following is the text OF
the letter:
"ASNApoLrs, % December, 1873.
M Dear Baron:
Although | have taken frequent
opportunities in public and private
OF acknowledging your great zeal,
attention and abilities in perform
ing the duties of your Office, yet |
wish to make use of this last mo-
ment of my public life to signify IN
the strongest terms my entire APP
probation of your conduct and to
expresymv sense of the obligations
the public is under to you for your
faithf.i and meritorious services.
Il beg you will be convinced, my
dear sir, that / should rejoice If it
could even be in my power to
serve you more essentially than by
expressions of regard and affection
but in the meantime | am persuaded
YOU will not be displeased with this
farewell token of my sincere friend
ship and esteem for you.
'This is the last letter which
shall write while | continue in the
service of my country. The hour o.
my resignation is fixed at II O'Clock
to-day, after which | shall become a
private on the banks of the Poto-
mac, where | shall be glad to EN-
brace you, and testify the great es
TEEN and consideration with which
/ en-, my dear Baron, etc.
[Signedl
'1GEoRGE WASHINGTON.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-10-26

PITTSBURGH, October 1S.-There
was quite sensation in Washing
ton, Pa, to-day. On Sunday last
Stephen C. Brotherton, a member of
Jacques de Molay Commandery,
No. 3. Knights Templar, died. Mr.
Brotherton was one Of the best
known and respected citizens of the
county. To-day as the remains
were about to be transferred to the
Methodist Episcopal Church, the
trustees refused, without any expla-
nation whatever, to permit the use
of the edifice for the funeral services,
causing great surprise and indigna-
ton among the friends and relatives
of the deceased. However, the
Second Presbyterian Church people
welcomed with open doors the
Knights Templar, and they con-
cluded their solemn services IN that
building. a serious eruption Is
now threatening among the Metho-
dist congregation, as nearly all the
prominent Masons who are disci-
pies of Wesley, as well DIS other
prominent Methodists, talk Of leav-
ing the church.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-10-26
A Singular Sight.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. ia singular
sight was seen at one of the tables of
the Union Depot dining-room this
morning, it being girl of 10 years
with handcuffs on and in charge of
two deputy sheriffs. The cuffs were
taken off while she ate and put on
Immediately atterward. She was
arrested in the southwestern part OF
the State on a charge of horse steal
ing and had made several attempts
to escape from the officers. She had
hair as black and coarse as an In
dams, matted over her head, and
hanging down her back her cheek
bones were high, and she had small,
piercing gray eyes aud very large
mouth, but regular teeth. Around
her neck she had a red shawl PIN
ned tightly, which gave her face a
very savage appearance, although
she had a white complexion. She
wore a homespun dress and pair
of hobnailed shoes, and her hands
looked as coarse as eagles talons.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-10-26
He Wanted Gold.

WAsHINGToN.-An old gentleman
from the interior of Ohio, arrived
here a few days ago with 81, 600 in
United States six per cent. bonds
which he purshased in 1861, and
which were called in July last. He
first visited the loan division, where
he said he came to obtain gold for
his bonds, as he paid gold for them.
When told that a draft on the Uni
ted States Treasurer was as good as
gold, and he would not listen to any
explanations regarding an equiva-
lent in another form. To-day, a
little before noon, he appeared with
a large leather valise, in which he
carried off the full amount of his
claim in $40 gold pieces, weighing
in all about seventy-fve pounds.
He became very much provoked
with Treasurer Gilfillin when that
officer endeavored to persuade him
to accept drafts and have them
cashed when he reached home, reit-
Grated that he came here for gold
and declined to take anything else.
He staggered under his heavy load
as far as Assistant Treasurer Wy
mans room, where he expressed a
wish to count his treasure before
leaving town. A room was assign
ed to him for the purpose. After
the entire amount had been careful.
ly counted and found to be correct
the old gentleman was persuaded to
express the coin to his home. Dur.
ing the time he was engaged iE
counting the money city detective
who had been summoned remained
near him and would have KEEP
watch over him had he insisted upor
carrying the money away.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-10-26
A Brute's Crime.

st. LOUIS, October ia special
from Long View. Texas, furnishes
particulars of a revolving crime COM
mitted near Breckville. A white
man named Sloan, who with his
family had moved into theneighbor-
hood to pick cotton for a Mr.. Hill,
had an alteration with a man named
Lum White, and the latter endeav-
ored to punish Sloan's children. Be
ing prevented by the mother and
daughter, girl Of nineteen years of
age, he succeeded in enticing the lat
ter into a deep ravine, whree, with
the assistance of his wife, he ontrag-
ed herperson. Then, using his pock-
ct knife, cut her bowels open length
wise and across. deliberately cutting
off pieces OF the entrails as they pro.
truded and scattering the fragments
far and near. He then cutthe girls
throat from ear to ear.
At the inquest Whites wife con
fessed TO all of the revolving details,
when young man named Hart, in
censed at the story of fiendish bru
tality, shot the negro dead. Th'
wife of Lum and ali old negro MAJ
who lived with them We're started
on their way to Carthage, but I
crowk met the escort and took til,
prisoners out and shot them.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-10-26

THE Erie Herald, the only daily
Democratic paper published in that
CITY. the home of Orange Noble, the
Democratic candidate for State
Treasurer, is pouring enough hot
shot into him to sink a fleet of iron
clad Democrats.
The Herald says that Noble came
into the Democratic party only a
few wears since avowedly in search
of an office; that the first thing he
did was to become candidate IN
1875 for State Treasurer, an office he
is utterly incompetent to fill, and
that failing to secure the nomination
he bolted, and supported Henry
Rawle, Republican candidate. Again
last year, as the De...ocratic candi'
date for the Legislature, he ran more
than three hundred votes behind
the ticket in the city Of Erie. Fol
these reasons the Herald thinks tha'
Noble has no claim on the support
of honest Democrats, and that he II
miserably weak candidate. w
sympathize with our namesake il
its contempt for and hostility t.
boilers. and the languidness of th'
Democratic campaign Throughout
the State shows that the bolter vii
be bolted, and that Noble will b
largely defeated by the stay-at-hom'
members of his own party.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-10-26

No man has labored more zealously
for the party. nor done more etiec-
tive. good work. He has All the
elements OF good Judge in him.
He is better lawyer than Mr.. Baer,
and is his equal in character and
general ability. His temper is even
and his energy unequaled. Why
should any Republican desert him
or the party at this time? Luke
warmness as to his election, or
treachery to SO worthy a candidate
will only pave the way for the loss
of our Congressional and Senatorial
elections next year. We therefore
appeal to all true Republicans to
stand by him as faithfully as they
do by their comfy ticket.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-10-26

OUR advices from this county as
well as from Bedford, satisfy US that
Mr.. Cessna is going to be elected
Judge by a majority in the neigh
borhood of one thousand votes.
We know that there are some Re-
publicans in this county who will
be seduced into betraying their par
ty and voting for Mr.. Baer. and we
know also that there are members Of
his own party in the county who
will not touch him. We know fur
her, that in his long and active po-
litical life, as in the course of his
professional duty, Mr.. Cessna has
alienated some of the Republican
voters of his own county, but he has
also many warm and attached
friends in the Democratic ranks.
We are advised, also, that Judge
Hall, migrate that he is, is attempt
ing TO defeat the nominee of the
party that honored him with this
same office, and made him pecunia-
rilv all he is, but there is not much
to be feared from the influence of
one who was so stinglngly rebu ed
by these same people of his oSn
county, when he asked renomina-
ton at their hands. There are also
few, happily very few, men in this
county holding aloof from the can
yass, from whom the party has a
right to expect better things; but in
all this there is nothing discouraging
to the friends of Mr.. Cessna.
Years OF observation have shown
us how powerless leaders, or would
be " Bosses are, when they attempt
to stem the current or to set them
selves up against honestly and regu
larly made nominations, and w
long since learned that rumoret
party defections are always multi
piled ten or even twenty fold. Tn
stories peddled through Bedfor'
county about the big majority MI
Baer is going to receive here are th
yeriest bosh, the silliest brag, Will
the tales reported here of his antici
pated majority in Bedford count
are, we are well assured, OF a simila
untruthful character. We believ
We know whereof we affirm whel
we assert that ue election of Mr. Css'
: ma IS as sreu assmfd today, as II IA
rotes ,cerc couatod and hsa1urns mad
But the Republicans of this count
r particularly, owe it to Mr.. Cessna t
: make his majority as emphatic a
possible. He is OF us and with II;
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-10-26

CuIcAGo October 1S.--The rain
fall all over the northwest still con-
tinues. and the troubles caused by
high water seem to be increasing.
AT Quincy it is feared that the
breaking of the levec is imminent,
the water being as high as it was
last June. The levee is being re-
paired in its weak places.
KEoKuK, Iowa, October 1s.-The
Mississippi at this point continued
to rise This morning, at 10 O'Clock
the stage of the water being two
inches above the rise of last spring,
which caused such great damage IN
this vicinity.
At Alexandria, five mile below
here, the water is backing up over
TIE prairie, and there is a prospect
that the town will be completely in.
undated. The railroad shops and
lumber yards in the southern part ol
the city are completely surrounded
and operations have necessarily
been suspended. 1t is feared that
the river will rise at least another
foot, and that very disastrous
food will result.
ST.. LOUIS, October 18.-Dispatches
from along the Upper Mississippi
River note high water at variou;
places, and a food seems to be ap
pretended.
At Hannibal the river is only
one foot below the freshet of lasf
spring.
At Davenport, Dubuque, anc
other places the water is encroach
ing upon the levees and river fronts
and fears are entertained for th'
safety of property.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-10-26
An Artilleryman Loses Both Hands.

YORKTOWN, Oct. 2-Iesterday
when Governor Ludlow and staff of
New Jersey rode up to the New Jer-
sey camp they were received by an
artillery salute by the Camden COM
pany. One of the guns having be-
come heated, the gunner was unable
to keep his hand over the printing
hole. and lie removed it just as Pri-
vate Disborough, of Trenton, was
ramming home the charge. As the
gunner lifted his hand the gun was
permaturely discharged, and both
of Private Disborough's hands were
blown off above the wrist. Cover
nor Ludlow and staff were not
yard from the gun when it was fired
and narrowly escaped. The private
reeled and was caught by CAY tain
Mallow, of New York, who was
standing by. The surgeons have
some hopes of the unfortunate mans
recovery.