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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-17

TnE Pittsburgh Commercial gives
currency to statement OF the
Philadelphia Times that the friends
Of A. J. Oolborn, in Somerset coun-
ty, now that he has been defeated
for the nomination by John Cessna,
will do their best TO down Cessna
at the polls and elect the Democrat
ic nominee w. J. Baer." The Com
mcrciai has made SO many errone-
Gus statements in regard to this
matter that they are no longer con-
sidered mistakes but are set down
TO malice, and a desire to get even
with Mr.. Colborn for the part he
took in having their correspondent,
Palmer, expelled from the floor OF
the House at Harrisburg. The Re
publicans OF Somerset county will
see to it that Mr.. Cessna gets the
party vote and We are assured no
one will work harder for the achiev-
ments of this end than Hon. A. j.
Colborn. The Commercial must get
better authority than the Philadel-
phia Times for Somerset county pol
tics.
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Mrs. Fillmore DEAD.

BUFFALO, y. Y, Aug. 1l.-Mrs.
Millard Fillmore, died at her resi-
dence in this city tonight, aged II
years. Mrs. F'illmore's life was
characterised by charity, both pub
lie and private, being a liberal sub
scriber to many of the public char
liable institutions of this city.
Mrs. Fillmore received a severe
stroke of paralysis in October last,
which rendered pcwerless one side
of her body and very nearly de-
prived her of the faculty of speech.
From this stroke she almost fully
recovered, and on Sunday morning
last was bright and cheerful. About
noon that day she sustained q sec
ond stroke of paralysis, and since
then has been in very critical con-
dition. She was the second wife of
President Fillmore, whom she mar
ried after the expiration of his pres
idential term. When she married
the ex-President she was the widow
of Ezekiel Mcintosh, of Albany,
where she then resided in the old
Schuyler mansion. The first wife
of President Fillmore was Abigail
Powers, who died at Williard's ho-
tel, in Washington, on March 80,
1858, less than month after the ex-
piration of his term of office. Dur
ing that time, however, she had
been in poor health, and left to her
only daughter, Miss Mary Abigail
Fillmore, the duty of presiding for
mally over the White House. The
died on July &c, 1854, at
the early age OF % years. The ex-
President died at buffalo on March
- 1874
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-17
Siberian Cattle Plague in Russia.

WASHINGTON, August 10.-Consul
General Stanton writes to the De-
partment of State under date of July
10, 1881, that the local journals an
nounce the appearance ofthe Siberi-
an cattle plague in thegovernments
adjoining that of st. Petersburg. and
that it is steadily increasing although
as yet not to an alarming extent.
According to the telegrams to the
Gotos, the governments have taken,
although somewhat tardily. the nee
essafy measures for isoloting the in
fected districts, but the lack of vet
Urinary assistance and the unwil-
llngness of the peasants to comply
with sanitary regulations are great
obstacles to speedy eradication of
the plague. 1t is also reported that
in some localities to save the skins
the peasants foolishly flayed the
dead animals, whereby they oontri.
bnted to the spread of the disea se.
and We're themselves in many in
stances infected with the plague
which in some eases proved fatal.
According to the latest reports no
headway has been made against the
disease.
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Heavy EmbezzIcmcnt.

New YORK. Aug. Saturday
morning the firm of J. c. Walcott Il
Co., brokers, of AZ Broad street, in
formed the police that one of their
clerks. who had been left to close
up the business of the day previ-
Gus, had absconded with $4,000
worth of stocks and securities and
$4,000 in checks. The abscond-
ing clerk is +. b. Wheelock. and is
unmarried. He was left alone in
the office, in charge of the books
and safe. He filled out three checks
on the Cincinnati Bank of 5000
each, and got one cashed at the
bank. On one of the others he got
II letter of credit on the banking
house of Brown Brothers, London,
and the other on Drexel, Morgan &
Co. The letters are negotiable in
any part of the world where first
class banking-houses exist. The
firm has been in the habit of leav-
ing three or four signed checks in
the bank, so that the office could
at all times be ready to transact
business. The stubs were filled
out by persons authorized to sign
the checks, but the rest of the check
was left blank, to be filled by the
clerk in charge. Wheelock filled
out these checks to suit his pleasure,
and, after taking $4,000 in securi-
ties, numbers of which have been
telegraphed throughout the country,
left for parts unknown. 1t is sup
posed he sailed on an outgoing
vessel which left on Saturday.
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4 Penny Pool.

The Indignation aroused against
an Ohio man named George Morri-
son, who recently gave utterance to
the expression Il hope to God Gar
field will diep is being shown by
penny subscriptions to pay the fine
of SO and costs which were impos-
ed in Cincinnati on Captain c. A.
Cook for slapping Morrison's mouth
when he gave utterance to the ex-
preston. In Cincinnati 5000 peo-
pie subscribed one cent each to the
fund. In Cleveland, Pittsburgh and
other cities subscription lists have
been started to pay the penalty i'm
posed, no one being permitted to
subscribe more than ! cent.
In order to afford Philadelphians
an opportunity to show their con-
tempt for such men as Morrison
the Egening Ne'rs Yesterday bullet
ined the fact that it would receive
penny subscriptions from all who
desired to contribute to the fund.
The costs have been paid, and the
balance is to be used to make some
substantial reward for Capt. Cook.
From the rapidity with which these
subscriptions are pouring in it is
probable that fund will soon be
raised large enough to pay for slap
ping the mouth of any other Morri-
sons who may be hunted out, and
give the castigator a brick house be-
sides.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-17
The Fenian Torpedo Boat.

WASHINGTON, August 10.-A gov
ernment official, who has returned
from New York after an inspection
of the alleged Fenian torpedo boat,
pronounces the solicitude of the
British Government unfounded.
He says it could be put to absolute
ly no use at all by the revolutions
lists, because it cannot be taken
across the ocean, nor into rough
water. Ifshipped abroad it would
have to be on steamer, and if it
could be once unloaded and set
af1oat it would have to keep inside
some harbor, and would be practi-
cally boxed up and harmless. 1t
could not put to sea if pursued, and
1t has not the capacity to carry sup
plies for more than few DAYS at
the utmost, so it would be depend
ent upon shore connection. 1t is
pronounced to be most fiimsy
construction, with plate on each
side for raising and sinking it in
the water, so light in manufacture
that the least collision would disa-
BILE it by breaking this gearing. 1t
is said that while it might make a
practicle harbor defense, as means
of ofiense it is worth nothing at all.
The only valuable thing, about it
that is a new invention, is reported
to be an appliance for keeping the
air pure while the boat is submerg-
ed. The English Government is
laughed at for its anxiety over the
affair.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-17

How a. }. Drexri - Buiisiing Up The
Ipwcr Part nf Broad Street.

What was formerly known n the
| Lentz and later as the Fotteral es
tate. covering the area between
Broad and Sixteenth street, and IN
cluding Reed and Dickinson streets,
has Just been purchased by Mr.. An
tbony J. Drexel from the Pennsyl-
yania Company for the Insurance Of
Lives, which is the executor of the
Fotteral estate. The purchasing
price was $4,000. The only i'm
provement on the property at pres
ent is an antiquated farm house, but
two years hence the estate will be
covered with residences and cou-
pie ol hundred families will be add
ed to the population of the Twenty
sixth ward.
Since Mr.. Drexel, in 1915, COM
menced to follow in the footsteps OF
his father BY purchasing land away
down Broad street a great improve
ment has taken place in that section.
In that year he commenced the
erection Of 131 dwellings, on the
west side of Thirteenth street, east
and west sides of Juniper and Car
ion. south side Of Reed, and north
side Of Dickinson street.
In 1876 he bought the connecting
land from Dickinson 10 Tasker
street. upon which 123 hous,s were
erected. The following year he OBJ
tained possession of the eastern halt
of the above lots, and II additional
dwellings sprung uplike mushrooms.
In 1878 he acquired the property on
the south side of Wharton street,
from Broad to Sixteenth, and on a
portion of this 81 residences were
erected, while at the present time he
is engaged in erecting SO houses on
Broad, Tasker, Thirteenth and Nor
ris streets. This makes a total OF
All residences which his means have
enabled him to add to the real es-
tate OF that portion of the city, and
whel. the property just purchased Is
built upon the total will be in the
neighborhood of 700 houses.-Phila.
Record.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-17
Freaks of lightning.

WnKEsBARRE, Aug. S-A NOS
remarkable disaster by lightning r.. =.
Cured at Ashley, a suburb of ms.
city at $3.50 o'clock on SUNDAY aAer.
noon. There were few clouds !,
the sky at the time and no sion. =
storm, except afar off to the we.,
where a few thunder-heads were VI.
ible. No rain was falling and NJ
atmosphere was extremely ba
At the time named above Goa
Learborn, a little girl four vearsoil
was standing near a window on tbs
south side OF her residence. dripkir,
a glass OF root beer. The windoF
was raised about ten inches from
the sill and the child stood abou,
foot from it. Suddenly a loud ~.
port was heard and the little rI
was sent flying across the room
Her mother, who was in anoths,
apartment, ran to her rescue and
raised her from the floor. The l0ns
flowing hair of the child was Il
flames, which the mother soon ez-
tinguished by wrapping her apron
about the head of the sufferer. A
physician was subsequently called
and it was found that her head VI.
encireled with a huge blister, her aos
burned in several places and her
hands badly injured. The shock 70
the child's system was terrific. Bai
it is thought n fatal result viii na
follow. The bolt seemed to cone
from a clear sky, as no more thgn-
der was heard until s O'Clock IN ,hp
evening.
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The Fate OF a Chief.

YASKToN, d. r., August 1.-The
official account of the murder OF
Spotted Tail, received here by Gen.
Cook, agent of the Spotted Tail In
dians, from acting agent Lalox, Is
as follows:
About noon of the 9Th inst, Spot
ted Tail reported at the agents of
fee to receive instructions regard
ing his contemplated visit to Wash
ington. he having been selected as
one of the representatives OF the
Sioux at the coming conference at
the national capital. He was urg-
ed to start at once, as a letter from
the Indian office directed him TO re-
port to Agent Andrus, at Yankton
agency, no later than the 9th inst.
As a delegation from the Pine Ridge
agency was expected to reach Rose
bud agency on the evening of the
5th, Tpotted Tail conclued to wait
until next morning and go with the
Red Cloud delegation to Yankton
agency. This arrangement having
been decided upon Spotted Tail de-
cided to have talk with his people
that afternoon and receive an ex-
preston OF their views upon the esub-
iects to come before the conference.
Bidding Lalox goodbye, saying he
would call at the office in the even
ing to receive any further instruction
which might in the meantime occur
to that gentleman, Spotted Tail Left
for the Indian village to confer with
his people. An interview was held
with the Indians, they had a very
long talk and feast. when the council
broke up Spotted Tail mounted his
horse and started homeward. The
Indians were scattering in every di-
rection with the noted chief some
what in advance of the others, he
being the first out of the lodge after
leaving tho council. Crow Dog was
seen approaching Spotted Tail. He
had his wife with him. He got out
of the wagon and was stepping
down. When Spotted Tail rode up
to him hesuddenly rose up and shot
Spotted Tail through the breast.
The chief fell from his horse, but
rose to his feet and made three or
four steps towards Crow Dog, en-
deavoring to draw his pistol He
then reeled and fell backwards.
Crow Dog jumped in his wagon and
drove off at full speed towards his
camp, some nine miles distant. The
Acting Agent at once issued an or
der for the arrest of Crow Dog, I'M
der a paragraph in the treaty of
1868, which renders him amenable
to white mans laws. In compli-
ance with those erders, the Indian
police accomplished the arrest of
Crow Dog, and he was sent to Fort
Niobrara to await trial for murder.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-17
About Artificial Limbs.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-The Sur
geon Generals Office has issued the
following circular for the informa-
ton of persons entitled to artificial
limbs: "All disburseme connect
ed with the furnishing of artificial
limbs to those disabled in the pub
lie service have been made from
this office since June 80, 1875. The
First Comptroller of the Treasury,
however, has recently made decis-
ion, the purport of which is given
in his own words, as follows "Af-
ter o most careful examination
and with an anxious desire to Sc
if by any legal means the Surgeon
General could disburse the appro-
priation here referred to, / have
been constrained to decide that the
Commissioner of Pensions is alone
authorized to disburse the money!
So long as this decision continues
in force no money for artificial
limbs or Communication can be drawn
from the Treasury on the applica-
ton of this office. Some delay will
be unavoidable until the Commits
sioner of Pensions shall have COM
pleted such arrangements as may
be found necessary.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-17
The Indian Outbreak.

DENVER. August 13.-The Repub-
lican's Santa Fe advices from below
are: The situation is more serious
than ever before as regards the out
break of the Mescalero Apaches.
The Indians in small bands are raid
ing the country and it is utterly i'm
possible for the troops to come up
with them. Report of murders and
depridations come in every day and
there is no telling the damage done
or number OF lives lost since they
have been in the field. The sup
ply of troops is unequal to the emer-
gency. General Hatch is in the
field notifying people to arm and in
forming them of the movements of
the Indians as far as known. Two
prospectors were killed by the In
dians in the Florida Mountains and
Il number near Gaudaloupe Mount
aims. THERE'S the greatest apprehen-
all over the country and unless more
troops are ordered to the district
there is no immediate prospect for :
better the outlook. The volunteer
from Santa Fe have returned home,
relieved by troops from Ft. Wingate,
who are posted at Mccarthy and
other stations on the line of the At.
lantic and Pacific Railroad, where the
hostiles are likely to cross. The
Indians were expected to attempt
to cross at Cahero yesterday. Maj.
Ingalls, and Capt. Schaffer with vol
unteers are cooperating with the
troops and its hoped they will be
able to surround the hostiles.
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4 Policeman has his Skull Fractured
ut LatrObc.

LATRoBE, Pa, August 14.-Daniel
McCarty, a policeman, in arresting
Richard Stack for disorderlv con-
duct about eleven o'clock last night.
while taking him to the lookup was
struck on the head with stone
thrown by an unknown party, frac-
turing his skull. The doctors say
that his condition is precarious.
Four young men have been arrested
for melting a riot who now are in
the Greensburg Jail. The informa-
ton was made before Justice of the
Peace Bear that these four were
more or less implicated in trying to
prevent the arrest of the prisoner.
the party who is supposed to have
thrown the stone has left. At this
writing McCarty is resting easier
and seems much better. Two of
the parties arrested are known as
the Daley brothers. McCarty was
struck on the head near the temple
and his skull was fractured. He is
not likely to recover. He has been
unconscious since he received the
hlou
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-17
\ Serious Charge.

WILLfAMsPoRT, Aug. Sit look'
now as though murder had been
committed in this county, the mo-
tive for which was the hope Of Sc
curing insurance money. 4 man
named Miller, aged 64, who lived
with his son Samuel in ClintontSP
died suddenly a week ago on sun
day, AID was buried the following
day. The circumstances Of death
and burial and the fact that there
was a heavy insurance upon hls
life in a Selinsgrove mutual eompa-
ny created suspicion. After post
mortem examination verdict Eas
rendered that deceased had dled
from poison administered by DIS
son, Samuel Miller. A warrant
was issued and the officers went 81
ter the defendant, who arrived hen
with him the same night, The 80
cused son held a policy Of S2',"
upon his fathers life, there beng
over 81, 600 in all different pOIlcle'.
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Keystone Politics.

MEANWHILE, Pa. Aug. 13.-James
+. Mcfarland, Esq, of this city,
whose name has been favorably
mentioned by several prominent
Republican newspapers of Western
Pennsylvania for the Republican
nomination for State Treasurer, has
written letter to the Crawford Co.
delegation requesting that his name
be not presented. At the late Re
publican convention held in this
city the delegates to the State con-
vention were unanimously instruct
ed to use all honorable means to 80
cure the nomination of Mr.. McFar-
land. The friends of Mr.. Mcfarland
regret this action very much.
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He Raised the Amount.

STEuBENvILLE, August IA. = A
young Steubenville clerk has beer
in considerable trouble lately ovel
note. Mr.. Musgrave, Surperin.
ent of the Steubenville Furnace and
Iron Company, is authority for the
statement that he signed a blank
note and handed it to a clerk. Ed
ward Day, to fill out with the
amount of two hundred and fifty
dollars, but the figures were made
seven hundred dollars without Mus
graves knowledge. He placed the
matter in the hands of his attorney
who had detectives Watching Day
until the matter was settled. A
couple of days since the young man
crossed the river In a skiff and went
to Pittsburgh, but returned on being
notified that he had better show up.
Day claims that he did not intend
to commit any crime and that Mus
grave is indebted to him for the
full amount the note was drawn for.
He is the son of wealthy CIeve-
land gentleman and has always
borne a good reputation. A settle
ment was effected that was satisfac-
tory to all parties.
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On the is,hmus

PANAMA, August2 -so,,.,.
mans nave arrived {, md h.. iilior.
erection Of villas at ditF.'-'1'ase he
along the line of the PAM. ~. point.
The first will be put ~ '.''' ~ !, nal
where the ground il now ~. - 'ni3u,
pared for 1t. twill eoi.,i,.a' PIE
buildings ola size suiIi .r.,. y iii''eea
~ ..ien or more. rhe = '''lse
these villas were prepared - r' . ,2f
Prosper Huerme, Of San y Mr.
Cal, and they will be nm, - ,iIelseo
the personal supervision of Il. n1aer D.
vim and his foreman. NJ ~. y, da-
The villas are admirably la =; ard.
in fact, Mr.. Huerme cali. a.' % out;
sanitary towns" The bon.n neia
specially designed % sue sv;, a, are
climate and the comfort Of tGbelae G lae
mon laborer, negro or peop III, ooll'
he be, and appear to have t,l9a t,,'ol9a
carefully considered as tba, 'e'i q
foreman ana engineer. 1t is safe !.
say that if the canal eonnan,, -.,'e ~ .
get n few more American arc,;;,'''l "'''l
to work for them, as has Nr IT,.
me, the work on the Isthmus wa.,, ,.ii.
be further advanced and bette Y..l '
tented. and people wonld
more faith in the enterprise. "'''
Four leading employees n, .
company have died recently. nan. =.
ly, Mr.. Etienne, sub-director a.
pinwall, softening by Of the b--'. ~
Mr.. Bertrand, his secretary. Of ,'-l nai.
rial, or possible yellow. fever ,,'l a-i
on this side Messrs. Barbie, s.'i s-i
Dziembowski, both chiefs NJ s-Ii s.ii
brigades, and most excellent ~e- ~
The latter two had overworked r. -
selves, deprecated the effects of ~
climate, anb, it is said. were ~. ~
promptly treated when they tocL h
1t is believed they fell yictimsto - T.
wretched health service. and NJ.
good treatment would have -
them. 1t may interest phvsiciaS.
in the United States TO learn ~.
the canal treatment for Isthmus 4
vers is First, an emetic; second
purgative third, another eme-.e
fourth, another purgative, and 500,
No quinine is administered. I.T
to be wodered at that people die M.
de- such a system OF treatment,
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eight Mollie Maguires charged with
the Healy murder has somewhat
abated here, but at Dunbar the feel
ing still runs high. Your correspon-
dent visited that place this evening
and found it the absorbing topic Of
conversation. Excited crowds con-
tinue to gather about the street cor
ners there and discuss this latest
phase of a subject flra IiaS engaged
more or less of atteitlon for eight
weeks. While there is a certain
feeling Of relief in the fact that the
guilty parties have at least been
landed in Jail, still il is not unmix-
ed from a degree of dread from
another source. The members of the
Mollie Mcguire order at Dunbar are
unable to conceal the deep indigna-
ton they feel 1T the arrest of their
fellow-members and the probable
disclosures in store. and have al
ready begun to make some ugly
demonstrations. A crowd of about
thisty of them collected near the de-
pot Friday evening and indulged in
murmurs and threats to the effect
that the end of this thing hadn't
come vet. The citizens Of Dunbar
fear that some violent acts will be
committed there shortly in order to
divert attention from the prisoners
and make the impression that the
really guilty parties are still at large.
Thus the reign of terror there is by
no means over.
Nothing new has developed here
to-day except the efforts of the pris-
oners to obtain hearing. Young
McFarland's father and several
friends of the other prisoners came
to town and engaged Col. 7. b. Sea-
right as counsel for the defendants.
An application was at once made
for hearing on a writ OF haboas
corpus. The petition was granted
and the men will be brought before
Judge Wilson for a preliminary
hearing at 10 o'clock on Monday.
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GRAVE misgirings in regard |

GRAVE misgivings in regard to
the condition of the President have
been felt by the country for the past
week; and not without cause, as
DIR. Agnew at 1916 Tuesday morn
ing informed Mrs. Garfield that she
must prepare herself for the worst
A later bulletin from DIR. Bliss says
that the President was resting easier
at 3 O'Clock. and that the vomiting
had ceased. The feeling seems tc
be that there is but little hope oi
his ultimate recovery. But, where
there is life there is hope, and the
able physicians attending his bed
side, while admitting the situation
TO be very critical, do not vet de-
spair. The entire Nation will pray
that their faith will be justified by
the final result.