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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27


InELANp this year will have a
crop Of potatoes large enough to
supply the homie demand, and a
liberal margin also for expectation.
TIE Democratic nominee for Lieu
tenant Governor in Ohio was Il
supporter Of Bell and Everett in
1S60-"a fading fragment of the old
American or Know-Nothing party"
as the Cincinnati Commercial puts
it.
TIE London Times speaks of the
grotesquc proposal to remove the
bones of William Penn to America
rs little better than mockery. Itsays:
"The thing is happily impossible,
as the trustees of the burial place
are not certain of the exact spot
where the rcmains were inferred. !"
PALESTINE, N. y, is the richest
village of its size in the world. 1t
has about 500 inhabitants, and over
thirty Of them are worth from 81, ,000,-
600 to S2o000000, while six are
SAID to be worth over S20,000,000
The residents are not named, but
are undoubtedly all retired plumb
ers, coal dealers, and editors.
A curious coincidence is found in
the fact that the woman who at
tended the President as nurse at the
time of his birth died about the
hour the assassin attempted his life.
Her name was Mrs. Stewart G. Gard
ner, and she died at the residence of
her son, A. J. Gardner, in Mason
township, near Dowagiac, Michigan,
at the age of 81 years.
PRESIDENT GARFIELD and Judge
Black have recently become the
owners of a large farm in Alexandria
county, Virginia, lying within view
of the White House. They acquir-
ed small portion of the tract part
ly by purchase and partly as a fec
for services. The whole tract was
mortgaged, and in order to save
their part they instructed an agent
to buy the whole of it when the
foreclosure sale occurred. While the
President has been lying i'll the sale
has been made and this farm secur-
ed.
A safe rule is recommended to
the editors who are predicting what
will happen when the President gets
well and that is one suggested by
Horace Greeley TO a young subordi-
nate who once submitted TO him
powerful article embodying some
political prophecies. Said Mr. Gree
ley:
"Young man, i. is SO difficult to
tell the truth about what has hap
pened that the Almighty has denied
the power Of prophecy to mortals. F"
A fifteen-year-old girl, living near
Lorberry Junction, Schuylkill
county, met with one of the most
thrilling adventures on Saturday,
and made one of the narrowest es-
capes On record from a horrible
death. She had visited Pine Grove
where she drew the wages of her
family, amounting to sl60 20. The
money was placed in a basket with
q quantity of chinaware which she
carried. On her way home she was
struck bv an approaching engine
and thrown into the air Us high as
the smoke-stack, and fell to the foot
of an cmbankment 16 feet in height,
where she was found unconscious,
but still alive. She was taken home
and medical aid was summoned.
No bones were broken, and she soon
regained consciousness and the fol-
lowing day was able to go around
with little apparent difficulty. The
basket and contents Jared equally
as well, for everything was found
in good order except one plate out
of a dozen, which was the only
thing damaged.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

DuRiNe the fiscal year ending
June 30th, there was s6S,o00 cni-
grants arrived in this country from
the old world. This is the largest
number ever landed in one year.
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IT is charged that Bookwalter, the
Democratic candidate for Governor
of Ohio, bought his nomination, and
seventy thousand dollars is the sum
said to have been paid for the empty
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Fire In Lock Haven.

Lock HAVEN, Pa, July %. The
mills of the Pennsylvania pulp and
paper company; of this city, were
burned this morning. Loss $780,
900, insurance between $50, 600 and
S70oDo.
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A Mayor. in Jail.

GREEssBune, Pa, July 20.-J. E.
Gatchell, Mayor of this place, and
his assistants were arrested and put
in Jail to-day for the false arrest OF
two citizens who were accused OF
boisterous laughing on the street.
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: : =
Moonshiners.

WAsHINGroN, Jafy 2o.-The fol-
lowing telegram was received at the
Treasury Department to-day:
GREENvILLE, S. c., July 20.-Hon.
Green B. Raum, Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, Washington, ID.
c.: Information was received yes
terday by Deputy Collector T. T..
Brayton of an illicit distillery in OPP
Grafton three miles from Central, in
Pickens county. Deputy Collector
Brayton, with four men, started
last night at twelve o'clock to de-
stroy The still and arrest John Nc
Dow, the distiller, aud two others
engaged with him. At three o'clock
this morning they approached the
house of Mellow to arrest him,
when they were fired upon. and
Collector T. L. Brayton was instant
" killed, being shot through the
lungs. A desultory firing took
place, which resulted in no damage
to either party. Mellow and q ne
gro, heavily armed, are now at Cen
trail, on the air line road, defying ar
rest and threatening to kill any rev.
enue officer that approaches them.
The State authorities are taking no
steps in the matter. What shall be
done? Central is some thirty miles
from this point.
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Mr.. Orlando Weatherbee, says an
exchange of ours, proprietor of 'The
Spencer Pharmacy" Spencer, Mass,
reports: Ny customers speak very
highly of the great German Remedy,
st. Jacobs Oil, it having always
giver great satisfaction. One OF
them, Mr.. Henry Belcher, has been
greatly benefited by its use in a
case of severe rheumatism, and he
refers to it in terms of highest
praise. GleUelond Leaders.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

OK the 1st Of August Postmaster
General James win put in operation
$50 new money order offices.
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ID. w. Bliss. etc.

Frequent dispatches have since
been published all going to show an
improved condition in the Presi-
dent. While the whole nation will
most ardently pray that a life so
precious may be saved, the events
of the last few days win cause a
constant fear and misgiying which
will not he allayed until the Presi-
dent is again able to leave his room
and receive the congratulations of
his friends.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27


THE nomination of Hon. John
Cessna as a candidate for President
Judge in this district is elieiting
warm commentator from the press
We append a few of the notices that
have come under our observation:
As will be seen in another column,
the Judiciary Conference completed
its work on Monday at Somerset, by
unanimously nominating Hon. John
Cessna. Mr.. Cessna is so well known
in this county and Somerset as to
make any special notice or COM
mendation from Us superAuous.
Standing at the head of the legal
profession in the district, and among
the leading lawyers of the State, and
having large experience in public
affairs, there are few men in the
State better qualified for the posi-
ton of President Judge. With we'll
trained intellect, ripe Judgment and
large experience, he viii come to
the bench with unusual advantages
and every opportunity to establish
a high reputation as judge. His
quick perception promptness and
decision, combined with his extraor-
binary aptitude rapid dispatch
of business, and his accurate knowl-
edge of the law, will commend him
to every one as the man of all others
to econonnize the time and money
of the people. by a prompt disposi-
ton of all legal matters that come
before him. Regarding Mr.. Cessna's
election as a foregone conclusion,
we heartily congratulate the Repup-
licans of the district on the selec-
ton of such an excellent candidate.
Beeiford Rpublican.
Ar an adjourned meeting of the
conierees of the XVIth Judicial Dis
trict, held a: Somerset, on Monday
last, Hon. John Cessna was unani-
mously nominated as the Republi-
can candidate for Judge. We are
pleased to announce Mr.. Cessna's
success before the conference, and it
will afford US much greater pleasure
to chronicle his election in Novem-
Der. His competitor has not yet
been named, but it matters not who
is pitted against him-Huatingdoa
Journal.
THE Republicans of Somerset and
Bedford counties have done them
selves infinite credit by nominating
Hon. John Cessna for President
Judge of their district. OF natural
aptitude for the profession, Of great
legal knowledge, of large experience,
Of quick wit, Of affable manners and
dignified bearing, with a keen
knowledge of human nature-he is
admirably Cited for a position re-
curing the combination varied !
learning with the soundest judg- |
mcnt Mr.. Cessna's election is as
sured by more than one thousand |
majority, for he is known and ad-
mired by everyone in the two coun-
ties; and when he is installed we
predict that Judge Cessna viii be as
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TIME TABLES.
SOMERSET & cAMERIaR.R.
RALTEmoxE IL OHIO II. r.
WEST.


On and after May g, 1851, trains On this road
Will depart from ana arrive at depot, corner Grant
and Water Streets. as follows
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THE unfavorable news concernin.

THE unfavorable news concerning
the Presidents condition that was
tslegraphed over the country Satur-
day, created CONSERVATION every
where. From brightest hope to chill
despair the reaction in the pop
ular heart was terrible. So full Of
confidence had been the dispatches
from the attending physicians, for
the previous week, that the people
had generally convinced themselves
that all danger was past, when the
alarming and unfavorable bulletins
of Saturday almost took away all
hope. The information that chills
and rigor had set in, and that the
patients pulse had been largely ac-
celerated, was soon followed by the
announcement that Doctors Hamil-
ton, of New York, and Agnew, of
Philadelphia, had been telegraphed
for and were hurrying with all the
speed of steam to the capital. Then
came news of the consultation, and
of the determination of the surgeons
to make new opening near the
wound SO as to permit the flow of
pus, which was evidently obstruct-
ed by the closing of the course from
which ii formerly flowed. The re-
sort TO the knife, meant perhaps,
death during or soon after the oper-
alton, while on the contrary, blood
poisoning and certain death must
follow if relief was not had.
On Saturday the following tele-
grams were received:
II a. m.-Information has Just
been received from the Presidents
chamber that the operation COM
menccd about s o'clock has Just
been completed. 1t is understood
that at the instance of DR.. Agnew
an incision was made in the Presi-
dents body few inches from the
original wound for the purpose of
reaching what is thought to be a
pus cavity in the track of the wound.
After the operation had been per-
formed a drainage tube was inserted
and a small quantity of pus it is said
soon made its appearance. 1t can
not be ascertained at this writing
what effect the operation had
upon the patient, or what his con-
dition is at the present time. The
surgeons are now in consultation in
their own room and bulletin will
probably be issued very soon.
LATER.-The President bore the
operation this morning very well.
His pulse is now 112.
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yHE FIRST BULLETIN.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, II a. m.-
The President was more restless
during the night and had another
rigor just before midnight. This
morning at S:15 his pulse was SO !;
temperature 9S.4; respiration, Is.
A consultation was then held with
DR.. Hamilton, of New York, and
DR.. Agnew. of Philadelphia, after
which counter opening was made
through the integument of the back
about three inches below the wound,
which it is hoped viii facilitate the
drainage of pus and increase the
chances of recovery. The Presi-
dent bore the operation well. His
pulse is now 1l2.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

Your duty is to keep from getting
sick, fyou can. With Peruna you
can.
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The Express train leaves Pittsburgh at s:l9 p.
NJ. arriving at C0nnelisYille 10O5 +. H., Rock
wood l1-40 +. NJ. In return the Express leaves
Cumberland at 2:35 A. NJ, arriving at Rock
wood 4:33 A NJ, ConaelsvIiie 6o4 A. NJ, Pitts
bargh 1:s5 A. NJ.
The most direct and pleasant route to the East
and South via Washington City.
Through Mail leaving at 1851 4. NJ, daily, ar
rives Ut Washington at 9:25 A. a.; Baltimore, 1855
P. NJ: Philapeiphia 3:l0 A. II. New York o:45 A.
NJ; Richmond l1:s5 A. NJ
Through Express, leaving sos p NJ, daily, ar
rivee at " Nashington at $50 a. NJ. Baltimore, 7t0
n ~. Philadeiphia; l;l5 p. N. N. ", 4:45 P. N.
Through Mail trains daily.
Exrsess trains daily except Sunday.
Accommodation trains and fayette Express
daily except Sunday.
Ticket Offices, corner Filth Avenue AMI Wood
Streets and depos corner Grant and Water sts.,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
G. x. LORD, Gen Passenger gent
l. ". COLE, General Ticket Agent.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

JOHN p. RHoADS, of Somerset Twp.
ISRAEL LIMERICK. of Southampton Twp.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

Much better do without sugar
and coffee than to be without PERU
na.
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nearly worshiped by suitors, Jurors.
and attorneys as any man who ever
sat on the bench in Pennsylvania
.jvinslona Tribune.
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erOA WEEK. ilssa "a, s,,,'irrss sr TErs, 4
- = Costly outht Tree. A''i NHl'S
Augusta, Maine.
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WM. KENNEDY,
Deputy Marsha


The following reply was telegraph
ed by Commissioner Raum this af-
ternoon
Treasury DEPARTMENT, INTER
MAI. REVENUE QFFIcE, July 20.-E.
Nj. Brayton, Collector Internal Rev
enue, Columbia, S. G.: ] deeply de-
plore the assassination Of Deputy
Collector Brayton. | have instruct
ed Deputy Marshal Kennedy TO call
upon all Deputy Collectors for as
sistance to arrest Mellow and his
confederates. Arrange for furnish
ing a strong posse well-armed inn
mediately. The Attorney General
has instructed Deputy Marshal Ken
nedy.
GREEN d. RAUM,
Commissioner.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

For headache, sick headache, take
Perana.
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CLEAR HEADED John Cessna has
been nominated Tor Judge in the
Bedford Somerset district. lie de-
serves a much higher reward for his
yeoman service in the Republican
cause ii the past years, and the peo-
pie of lis district are to be congratu
lated vi Oh the prospect Of having
so honest and able q man on the
bench. .-Pittsburgh cosama'eial- Ga
zctte.
Hon. JOHN CESsNA's nomination
for Judge of the Bedford and SOM
erset judicial district, by the Re-
publican conference, is very warmly
commended by his friends outside
his district. and will of course be
ardently supported by the Republi-
cans of the TWO counties, and cam
mand many votes from the oppos-
ing party. lie is one of the best
known mon in the State. In poll
tics, from his earliest manhood, no
man participating in the partisan
contests of the past forty years has
displayed more sagacity, exhibited
more ability, or borne himself with
a more manly spirit, than he has
done on all occasions. A ripe schol-
ar and a rarely endowed lawyer, he
has won much fame at the bar Of
the highest courts OF the State as
well as those of the Nation. AS a
law-maker he has been equally sue
cessful, alike on the floor Of legisla-
tive bodies as in the chair of the
presiding officer thereof. Indeed,
few men have been nominated for
the same position who were able to
carry into it the same experience,
training and requirements which
Mr.. Cessna will bear with him into
the judicial chair, and we predict
that the judicial ermine on his
shoulders viii remain untarnisbed
to the end of his term, for his cleo
ton is a certainty HafT isburg Tel
e0rdph.
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ADAM S. SHAFFER, Of Jenner Twp.
JOSEPH HoRNER, of Somerset Twp.
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ron AUDITORS:

FOR POOR HOUSE DIREcTok;
DANIEL KIMMEL, of Somerset Twp.
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Fight Among Indians.

GREEN B. RAUM,
Commissioner.
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FOR TREASURER:
JOHN IL. WIENER, of Somerset.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-07
THE NEW SENATE SALOON
A Tough Customer.

About 8 o'clock last night Captain
O'Haver was attracted by noise in
the alley near Washington street, east
of Second, and found a bully and
rough named NJ. V. Nelson and an
other man having regular set to.
AS soon as Nelson saw the officer
approaching he ran, and when O'Hav-
erfnally caught him, after hot chase
Of two squares, he turned and fought
like Tartar. Several rounds we're
fought, and at last, after twenty min
utes of hard lighting Nelson was sent
whirling to mother earth and secured.
At the stationbouse he made grab
for Turnkey Bakers flowing beard,
and but for the timely Interference Of
0'Hsver, would have torn it out by
the roots. A fine of $25 was imposed
this msrning, which his friends paid,
He got off light.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-07
Smuggling.
New York SUM-

New York SUM-
"There is no end to the mean:
smugglers employ in their business,
one Of the oldest Custom House In.
spectors said. II have known them
to bring diamonds from Holland nice.
ly packed in the center Of the celebra.
ted cheese of that country, and silver.
age, silks, laces and diamonds from
England packed in bales Of hops.
Laces and diamonds have also been
brought into this country tightly
packed in the center of iron tubing.
What goods can be most easily
Smuggled2"
"Laces and diamonds. There is
nothing that occupies less space than
they do. They can easily be concealed
in false shoe soles and heels and in
wigs. Notice of the sailing of SNUG.
glers from the other side is often 70.
ceived here. In several cases they
seldom evade having their stuff confs-
-cated on arriving here.
Cigar smugglers are troublesome.
A great deal of ingenuity was dis.
played some ten years ago by some
professionals | managed to catch. One
day what purported to be a dead
body was removed from one OF the
Havana steamers. 1t was stated that
the dead mans relatives were Amer
leans, and desiring to have him buried
here had gone TO much expense In
having the body brought to this
country. This statement was made
by one Of two men who had the body
in charge. | have a splendid memory
for faces, and | recognized one of the
two--or thought | did-as a man
had caught smuggling cigars about
five years before. At any rate, my
suspicious were aroused. | came to
the conclusion there was something
wrong about that body. When an
undertaker's wagon containing the
body drove away from the wharf,
jumped into a cab and followed it,
directing the driver to keep
it in sight, but to drive right
past when it came to a final
stop. The cabman had done such
work for me before, and knew just
what was wanted of him. The wagon
pulled up at o house in Greenwich
street. The body was taken into the
house and / drove down to the Gus
tom House. Accompanied by two in.
spectors Ireturned to the house within
two hours, We first presented our
selves as health officers, who had
heard there was q man in the house
who had died in Havana of yellow
fever. They said it was untrue, that
he had died of heart disease, and re-
fused to allow US to examine the body.
Then ! told the two smugglers that
we we're government officials, showing
my badge, and that / believed the
coffin was packed full of cigars. They
finally oaved in.
Another ingenious ruse was discOv.
y ed few years ago. As | presume
GU know, cedar is quite largely i'm
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-07

ported from 0uba. Small sized logs
Of this wood were procured by the
smugglers, which they sawed or had
sawed into boards, leaving, however,
one end of the logs uncut, so that the
planks would open like the leaves OF a
book. Parts of the interior plauks
were carefully removed, leaving hol-
low space. This space was filed with
the finest kind Of cigars packed in
boxes, aud the logs then carefully tied
together, giving them the appearance
usual to Cigar box lumber sawed into
planks. The nature Of this cedar
would not have been discovered had
it not been that while being removed
from the vessel here one OF the logs
was thrown heavily on the pier and
its contents dislodged. If / remem.
Der correctly, there were fifty such
packages. Since then inspectors have
always carefully examined Cuban &C.
dar imported in such q shape.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-07

PERSONAL.

Miss Kate James left last evening
for Texas.
Miss Lula Ssainback is spending a
few weeks at Louisville, KY.
Mr.. Jas. Richert, of Harpmsnn
Bros, left for Hot Springs last night.
Mr.. George A. Leonard, lett for
Baltimore, Nd, Tuesday last to be
absent several months.
Mr.. Henderson Beard has returned
to the home of bis parents from the
University of Michigan.
Adams street residents and property
holders will meet at parlo-s Of Wor-
sham House tonight at 8 o'clock, for
consultation.
The Second Presbyterian church
was thronged with visitors last night,
who collected to witness the nuptial
ceremony Of Mr.. Earnest Hine OF
Athens, Ala, and Miss Katie Ander-
son of this city.
Just received, large supply of TIE
New York illustrated Times, with
illustration Of the shooting of PresI-
dent Garfield. Also large extra
supply Of last Sundays New York
Herald, at the Reinhardt Book and
News Depot, 1855 Main street.
The venerable and always cheerful
ex.MayOr John Park, now closing hi,
three score and ten, was in from hii
country retreat twenty miles east 0.
the city yesterday. The ex-Mayor i,
in robust health and he reports the
crops out his way vigorous aud prom
ising.