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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
Not A Beverage.

"They are not a beverage, but a
medicine, with curative properties
of the highest degree, containing no
poor whiskey or poisonous drugs.
They do not tear down an already
debilitated system, but build it up.
One bottle contains more hops, that
is, more real hop strength, than a
barrel of ordinary beer. Every
druggist in Rochester sells them,
and the physicians prescribe them. T"
Ereninq Telegraph on Hop Bitters.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
The Bladensburg Train.

Several days ago a stranger made
his appearance at the Baltimore q
Ohio Railroad Depot and asked
Brother Koontz how long before the
Bladensburg train would go out.
SIN about twenty minutes" !" was
the reply.
Then I'll have time to get q
drink, won't | ?"
"You will"
''That's good. / always prefer to
travel on a stiff horn of whisky"
He returned in five minutes, wip-
ing his mouth on the back of his
hand" and asked:
"Has my train gone yet ?"
"No, sir; you still have fourteen
minutes to spare"
That's good | guess III go back
for little brandy
When he again returned he felt in
good spirits, ascertaining that he
still had six minutes to spare, he
said:
"Now that's what / call liberal,
and I'll lay in one more drink"
The last one proved more than he
could bear up under, and he was not
seen again for three hours. Then
he came around with a wabble in
his gait and an uncertain look in his
eyes, and asked
"Shay, what time does that Bla-
densDurg train go out ,"
SIN about four hours
"Fo' hours? Why thatll give me
time to get drunk again; mos COM
modatin' railroad ! ever saw, eh ?"
"Yes."
"Shay, | don't want to be mean.
You needn't wait for me any longer,
cause 'tmay delay others. He's a
zhentleman, he is, and I'm zhen-
tleman. | am, but when a zhentle-
man holds train for me mos half
a day l can't impose on him any
longer. Shay, do you ever cry, when
you get zhrunk? | do, and if you've
no 'ieckshuns I'll cry now"
No objections being made, he
cried
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29

to keep their hints to themselves by
the more sensible ones, who, when
they recovered from the shock, went
to find house suitable for a par
sonage. They decided on a cottage
opposite the church for which they
paid the sum of two thousand dol
lars.
The wedding took place Christ
mas morning in the. church. The
minister took his bride to his aunt's
for a weeks visit, and when they re-
turned to Lynton the congregation
had forgotten that Mrs. Judson
Ridgely was once q bound girl, and
received her with open arms. They
have never regretted their minister's
choice.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
Train Wrecked.

HARTFORD, CoNN., June ia
freight train on the New York and
New England Railroad was wrecked
this evening at Willimantic. The
accident was caused by some mis-
chievous boys, who loosed the brakes
of car which was on a siding, and
let it run on to the main track,
where it was struck by the approach
ing freight train. The engine and
several cars were derailed and dam
aged. The fireman, named Polk,
had one leg injured.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
a Dinicult Problem Solved.

Ambition, competition and over.
exertion use up the vital powers OF
men and women, so that desire
for for, st;mulants seems to be a natural
human iUl passion, and drunkenness
nrava;ls on account of this necessi-
tv for bodily and mental invigora-
tion. Parker's Ginger Tonic fairly
solves the difficult problem, and has
brought health and happiness into
many desolate homes. 1t does not
tear down an already debihtated
system, but builds it up without M
toxicating. = Enquirer. See other
column.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
A Convict Commits Suicide.

BALTIMORE. June 10-John T.
Gaines, colored prisoner in the
citv iail. sentenced to three months
confinement for assault on woman
hung himself to his cell door early
this morning, and when found was
dead. He was thirty-four years OF
are. a sailor by occupation, and
came from New York.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
ConkIing Socially.

To get thorough understanding
of the machine politician he must
be Judged entirely by his acts, as
personal acquaintance warps the
Judgment and destroys what might
be a first-class opinion, because the
feelings are called into play. Begin
ming with the pages, who skip and
fit like butterflies ON the Senate
floor. all unite in the worship of
Senator Conkling. He never has to
clap his hands to bring a page, for
the moment he begins work that
would require the service two or
three of these lynx-eyed dots are at
his elbow, all anxious for the honor
to serve him. The writer asked
bright little page why the boys were
so willing to do his bidding. He
replied: fie never spoke cross
word to a page in his life. He
says: Ny little man, will you 60
this kindness for me?' Then we all
run"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
SAMPLES or GOODS,

and any Information tha. may be desired,
that i is possible for us 10 give, will have
Our most careful and prompt attention the
anne day they are received. In sending
your orders state rs explicitly as you can
what you want.
DO not fail 10 read our regular ist1i-
lied advertisements, as they appear freq,
time 90 time in all OF the Pittsburgh daily
and religious weekly papers.
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ful grounds to the main entrance Of
! the mansion, we were astonished at
/ its Inagnifcence and its arehitectu-
raj elegance. 1t is building about
F 70 feet square, with three fronts,
with a lofty basement, two stories
and a mansard, surrounded by
tower, from which the vast plains
for many miles, with their teeming
cattle, are visible. 1t was finished
only a year ago, having been five
years in building, and is in many
respects an enlarged improvement
on the mansion Of his partner Col.
Fulton. Here we were welcomed
by Col. Coleman and his lady, son
and daughter, and a more generous
and elegant hospitality could not
have been extended to guests in
any private residence in the land.
During our five days sojourn at this
delightful oasie in the wilderness,
everything that could contribute to
our endowment was lavishly provid
ed, and Mrs. Coleman and her ac-
complished daughter provided them
selves unsurpassed as entertainers,
having at the time, besides our
party of six, four other guests. Miss
Coleman and two Of her ladies fur
nished delightful music in the parlor,
both vocal and instrumental, and
one of the ladies, daughter Of a
'cattle king displayed such vocal
powers and such extensive repeteire
as must have commanded favorable
attention in the most highly culti-
waited circles III the land.
LUXURY IN THE WILDERNESS.
Having given brief description
Of the exterior of this mansion in
the wilderness" it is but proper
that some allusion should be made
to its interior attractions. The
house, as we have said, has three
fronts the halls passing through its
entire length, are about twelve feet
in width, the floors being beautiful
ly tiled. The cornices, pillars and
ceiling decorations are in the high
est style of art, both in the parlors
and halls, and the mantel in the
parlor is Of Italian marble, elabor-
ately carved with artistic represen-
tations Of night and morning. On
the first floor IS a large parlor, ele-
gantly furnished, with a grand
piano; a dinning-room, library and
billiard-saloon, with an extensive
conservatory opening froTa thelibra-
ry, filed with rich and rare plants.
The two stories above are OF cores
ponding elegance, both III finish and
furniture, and It's capacity can be
Judged from the fact Ii ali Of the
ten guests then in the .ouse were
provided with elegantly furnished
sleeping-apartments, without any
evidence of crowding. = ita-i )ems,
with hot and cold W er, re in
abundance on every fiODg, and all
the gas fixtures and chandeliers In
readiness for the gas-works about to
be constructed. The surroundings
Of the mansion are very pleasing to
the eye now, but when the improve
ments now in progress are cOmplet
ed-all of which indicate the good
taste of the proprietor-it win have
few superiors anywhere. Mr.. Cole
man is a practical farmer, and he
has here twelve hundred acres for
his home-plaee, part of which Is
under cultivation-the field of corn |
then in tassel showing the richness
of the soil.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
Very Best Values, In every line Of
Goods,

lfyou DO nos come to the City to do your
YOU can have your wants satislac-
torily supplied by sending us your orders by
mail. We have this branch Of our business
thoroughly organized, and all orders for
either
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29

4 brass band that is oil one piece
"A dogs collar.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
Mr.. coLEMAN's MANSION.

We stopped two hours at Rincon
Ranch, and at 3 o'clock resumed
our journey; drive oyer the prai-
rie of two hours and a-half bringing
us two the splendid mansion of Mr..
Coleman, which could be dimly
seen in the distance at the COM
of our journey. We had
heard that his establishment, way
out in the wilderness, twenty miles
from his next ncighbor, was grand
affair, but when We reached the
gate and drove around his beauti-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29

The wayof the transgressor is En-
ropean.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29

The material for good soldiers
must be planted in drills.
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ms of Publication.
. Somerset Herald,

orAsus4to - asr
every wednesday morning al e %
ii'''- 4, c,ia In advance otherwise 81 80
{. ..,,,ipDly he charged
y ,..,ip,ion will be discontinued until all
% are paid up. Postmaster neglecting
1'''- when subscribers do not take out
'''' r,u he held responsible for the sub
-.g.ian- to-, o,on one Pos,of,ce to an.
...la give Us the name of the former as
:. !, ne prescott ofiloe. Address
The Somerset Herald,
Somerset. Ia.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
\ VISIT TO CORPUS CHRISTI.

Accompanied by Messrs. Cole
man and Fulton, the male portion
OF our parity took a trip over to
Corpus Christi. The distance from
Mr.. Coleman's house to Corpus
Christi Bay is about sixteen miles,
that bay forming a portion OF the
southers boundary Of the pasture.
Our drive, therefore, carried US
through vast herds of cattle, and
sometimes We encountered one thous-
and cows, with calves by their sides.
The herdsmen were busily at work,
separating the different kinds of
stock, and driving them otto the
different pastures designated for
them. Mr.. Coleman as we passed
gave orders, mostly in Spanish, to
the Mexican herders, and we moved
on over what seemed to be a track
less prairie, but our companions
seem to know every foot of the
ground and the direction of every
cowpath. On reaching the bay our
companions inspected the work
progressing on q dam which is
under repair, having been washed
out during storm last August, and
then proceeded across the reef to
Corpus Christi. This reef is three
miles long, across an arm OF the bay,
and being carefully staked of, we
passed safely over, with the water
nearly up to the carriage bed. After
crossing, q short drive brought Us
into the streets OF Corpus, on one Of
the hottest afternoons ever known
in the history of this ancient city
We could not discover that it had
improved to any extent since our
visit seven years ago. Indeed, in
many respect there seemed to be
less business activity, although the
railroad fever is at its height, and
the building of depots and work
shops, and the landing and forward
ing of the material to the City OF
Mexico, which is now nearly com
pleted to Laredo, is the subject of
bright anticipation for the future.
If Corpus Christi had a good outlet
to the sea, it would undoubtedly be
the terminus of the road for all
shipping purposes, but Rockport
and Fulton claim that with deep
water at Aransas Pass, which is
confidently looked for in few
months, the road viii be compelled
to seek more northern place for
debarkation. where it will not be
necessary, as now, to lighter every
thing over the bar.
We spent a day with some kind
and hospitable friends at Corpus
Christi, who dragged us of from the
hotel, declaring that they could not
consent to our being roasted there,
and seated us in a gallery, where
the full breeze from the bay had
free access, we passed cool and
pleasant evening, and were very
Hospitality entertained until noon
the next day, when we again cross
ed the reef and took our way back
across the big pasture to Mr.. Cole
mans which we reached after five
hours drive in the cool of the even
ing.
THE CATTLE on THE PASTURE
The Coleman-Fulton Pasture Com |
pany's lands are by careful estimate
capable ofsustaining at all seasons
of the year about $4,000 head OF
cattle and horses, though at the
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
NEW SPRING
AND
SUMMER GOODS

That they have yet had the pleasure ofof-
fering to the public.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-06-04
A LITTLE HOME TALK.

One reason given by Mr.. G. w.
Lane for his war upon the town of
Colfax. is that the Calhoun estate il
full of "squatters" and that the citi-
zens will not have them elected. Mr..
Lane should remember that this is q
matter in which it is impossible for
the people to move. The courts are
open to him, as well as to all other
citizens, and he should seek the re-
dress the law gives him, and not CON-
plain because the people refuse to
take the law into their own hands,
or allege it as q reason for his suici-
dial conduct. His whole course, evel
since the incorporation Of the town
of Colfax, has been ruinous to the
Calhoun estate, of which he has but
the use, az well as inimical to the
prosperity Of the town. He has per.
sistantly refused over one hundred
dollars per acre for land which be
swears in his tax list is worth bui
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coLFAX. GRANT PARISH, La, SATURDAY, JUNE A, 1881

five dollars per acre. We cali on
him to pause before be inficts ire
mediable injury upon property of
which he is but the trustee. Mr..
Lane must bear in mind that his and
his agents specious promises were
the causes that located the town
where it is; that these promises werc
the causes which made the people
refuse the moet liberal offer of the
Citizens Bank, Of New Orleans, to To-
cate at Raven Camp, which offer we
published last year; that his failure
and refusal to redeem those prom
Uses is what is retarding the growth
of Colfax and exciting the indigna.
ton of the citizens.
We entreat Mr.. Lane to stand no
longer in his own light. to infict no
farther injury upon the Calhoun es-
tate. to no longer hamper the growth
of our town, and put an end to the
bad feeling existing between himself
and the citizens of Colfax and Grant
parish. The only way he can do 30
is by redeeming the promises he vol
unfairly made, and which, to the
present time, he has persistently bro
ken. If it is his desire to foster the
growth Of the town, immediate action
on HE part is necessary. There will
always be q town here, will he.
nil he, but he will never again have
the opportunity to dispose of the es-
tate to as great an advantage as is
now offered him. Soon there will be
a railroad through the parish, and
business men viii seek q point on
the line of that road for the location
of the business town of the parish,
and leave the Calhoun estate with
the incubus Of . sickly settlement
resting upon it, which will be of no
benefit to it, and which It will be inn
possible to remove.
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In answer to his inquiry what it
was, the foreman of the Office spake
as follows: THAT, my boy, is q copy
of form found in the ruins of Gut
enberg's printing Office. 1t is sup
posed he intended to publish it as
the portrait either of the man who
did not ADVERTISE or the one who
did not pay the printer, but it is sup
posed that it was either such an old
joke at that early day, or else he con-
sidered it such poor one. that he
never printed it" In the same issue
of thu Cypress from which we take
the clipping at the head of this arti-
Gle we find the same portrait" CIV
en- as original, in q local notice of a
party of self-invited excursionists,
who were left behind on the last free
ride over the New Orleans Pacific
railroad from Alexandria. How is
that for petit larceny?
The word railroad reminds US that
we started this controversy by stating
that through Colfax was the best
route for the Natchez and Burr's Fer
ny railroad. Throwing mud is not
the way to answer an argument, and,
now that the Cypress man has had
his two little filings and we have had
ours, we again ask him to give few
reasons ichy the Natchez road should
come by Alexandria.
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what II Is All About.
New York SUM-

New Iork sum-
It seems that the conflict between
the President and Senator Conkling
over Judge Robertson's nomination
is to be waged to the bitter end.
But why is Mr.. Conkling so stern
ly opposed to Robertson's appoint
ment? ns
Roscoe Conkling, J. Donald Cam
eron, and John A. Logan entered
into . combination two years ego to
secure the nomination Of Gen. Grant
for third Presidential term. Their
plan was TO hold conventions at an
unusually early date in New York,
Pennsylvania, and Illinois for the
election of delegates to the National
Convention. and to pass resolutions
instructing each delegation to sup
port Grant as q unit.
In pursuance of this plot the State
Convention of Pennsylvania met in
the first week Of February; and, by
trsmpling down the minority, Came
ron carried through his part of the
scheme. The New York State Con-
vention was held little later in Feb
rusry. They had stormy scene; but
by much cheating. little persuasion,
and the application of the gag rule
at the opportune. moment. resolu-
ton instructing the delegates to Chi
cago to support Grants nomination
was adopted, though in the face of q
large minority vote. Thus Conkling
had executed his part Of the plan,
and all seemed to be going forward
towards Grant and the empire with
encouraging sla6rity. In further
pursuance Of the original arrange
ment Logan got the State COMMITTEES
of Illinois together for the pur-
pose of calling convention to elect
delegates. But the committee hes
itated. quarreled, and then adjourned
for several weeks
just at this crisis Judge Robert
son issued his celebrated letter. He
had been elected q delegate to Chi.
cago As in the case of all the other
delegates for New York, he was des.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-06-04
SUBURBAN NEWS.

It is very hot in Colfax, and brain
fever Is quite an epidemic in certain
locality. We advise some of our ex-
tensive wholesale ice dealers to make
arrangements to open a small branch
Office there.
The Good,cyn of Newspaper fame is
very sick over the -mOdicum of news
thereabouts and finds it absolutely
necessary to publish our city news
to make form. He finds this week,
however, one proposition to publish
as an item-the proposal to build tap
road to our st. Louis air line.
We clip the above from the Alex
andria Express. We feel obliged to
to our friend Waters for his ice sug-
gestion, and, in return, would advise
some extensive fish dealer to open q
branch store near the Express Office.
The maxim 'still Waters run deep"
is we'll known. If our friend of the
cypress will keep up such a racket
he can't blame anyone for gauging
him with an inch rule. To his charge
that we are obliged TO publish bis city
news to make mp our form, We an
swer that we get our city news just
like he gets his-steal it from the
big New Orleans dailies; and we
don't deny it. Unlike the Express,
while we steal we won't fib about it.
Speaking of stealing, reminds us.
When Ben Franklin was little boy,
he went into printing Office in Phil
adelphia, and, on the imposing stone,
saw the following figure standing:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-06-04
he STUDIES TO PLEASE!
THE STAR SERVICE.

We understand that, in the frenzy
of s'retrenchment and reform" that
has lately seized the postal author
tiles, there is serious danger that the
mail route from Shreveport to the
mouth of Red river will be reduced
to three trips per week. This would
be dangerous mistake. We favor
an over-hanling of the star service as
much az anyone, but there is dan
ger that the reduction will "fall upon
the just and unjust alike" The whole
of central and northern Louisiana is
dependent upon this route for its
mail. The contractor is doing his
work properly. is making his trips
on time, fast time at that, and is car
rying good loads of mail. The only
reason for abandoning a mail route is
that it is unnecessary, and the onl,
reason for reducing the trips per
week is that the public convenience
and the business of the country can
be equally well served by less num-
Der of trips. The fact that large
and prosperous country is dependent
upon this route for connection with
the rest Of the world, is sufficient
reason why it should not be reduced
The completion of the New Orleans
Pacific, from New Orleans to Shreve-
port, is bat a question OF few
months, and by September or Octo-
tober at the farthest. the present star
route will be superseded by steam.
What, then, is the necessity for the
change? The amount saved would
be but q triAe, while the inconveni-
ence would be immense. If the De.
partment should order reduction,
or even a discontinuance, OF the
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mo. 80.

ignated not by the State Convention
at large, but BY the delegates who APP
peared at the State onvention from
his own Congressional district. These
latter delegates were hostile to the
third term, and Robertson was their
faithful representative. In his letter
he declared that in the National Con-
vention he should not be governed
by the resolution of the State Con-
vention, which claimed to instruct
him to vote for Grant, but should
yield to the sentiment Of the ma
jority of the Republicans of his Con-
gressional district who were opposed
to the third term.
This letter exploded like q bomb
in the Grant camps. Immediately .
strong body Of delegates in New York
rallied to the side OF Robertson. The
anti-Grant men in the Pennsylva-
mia delegation, who had been oower-
ing under Don Cameron's lash, rose
to their feet, asserted their independ-
ence, and adopted the doctrine OF
Robertson's letter. The Republicans
in Illinois who were opposed to
third term took heart at these demon
STATIONS, and prepared for that des-
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In answer 70 several inquiries We
have recently received relating to the
iormatlfies essen1A 20 Inc reaerva-
ton OF homestead r1gnt or exemp-
non, we prese1. herewith z synopsis
OF Inc present law on the suplecs
Inc person OF persons ciaimlng
the oeneht o. !ne nomesteso and'ex-
emPaone Pfovdoed ~ tne law pursu-
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steamboat mail. we woald not have q
word to say; but when, on account
of the frauds in star routes in the
west and on the rivers, general re-
duction of the whole service is threat
ened, and the business of two-thHds
of our State is about to be crippled
by reducing our only mail to tri-
weekly, we raise our voice in solemn
protest. M
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-06-04

We would like to see Samuel ].
Tilden and Horatio Seymore elected
to the vacancies made by Conkline
and Plat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-06-04

We see, in the ~ 0. Democrat,
that the Lila was to have left New
Orleans, on Tuesday last, with good
freight for this place.