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for Mans I4Eernrr1. s!eep.ng-l.a, accommodations
aEpIy az: ClaEk-se- Grand Pacific, Bruk's E1press
, 1881-03-13

A RRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF
II TRAlNS-ExPtASAr1ov or RErEREyCR
MoaasJ SUNDAY excepted
, 1881-03-13

Fittaburx. Ft. Wnyao II ChtcnE9 HAtwer.
osnnt r1,r van Buren, and Canal-sts. Ticket omces
5Ciarx-st., Palmer House. Grand Pacidc Aote+Ana
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
cnawed TO Death,

PnILADELpHIA, June 23.--Theo-
dolc Fritz, a German laborer, lives
with his wife and four children in
miserable frame tenement in the
rear Of No 800 Brown street. Yes
terday the husband went to his dali
" work, as usual, and at 10 O'Clock
the mother went out TO gather q
basketful of coal, taking her oldest
son, .v, with her, and leaving
two little girls, aged 5 and 3 years,
respectively, in the lower rooms,
and her infant, ) weeks old lying on
the bed in the upper room. Not
long after the departure Of Mrs.
Fritz the residents of five similar
tenents clustered near heard the
wailing of the infant. One who
knew Of the mothers absence climb
ed the rickety stairs, only to find
the door securely locked. Mrs.
| Fritz, after an absence of two hours,
returned. Juggling q bushel basket
heaped full OF coal. The neighbors
told her of the screams OF the child,
and the mother dropped her bur-
den and hastened up stairs. A mo-
ment later the residents were horri-
fed by the shricks of the mother,
and following to the barn-lilSe attic,
they found her pacing wildly across
the floor, and clasping the mutilatcd
and bleeding infant TO her breass so
i tight rs to almost strangle what
little life was left in it. Pointing to
the bed where the child had lain,
the visitors saw blood marks
plentiful enough to have accounted
for the murder of an adult. Lay
ing the child again upon the bloody
coverlet, the wounds were disclosed
to view. Only a ghastly hole re-
mained of what had been its face,
from between the eyes to the upper
lip. The RIGHT ear was gone. Nu-
merous gashes on the arms gave ST.
lent testimony to a struggle with
the destroyer before pain and loss
of blood had too far weakened the
poor little sufferer. This, however,
had ceased before the work of mu-
tilation was finished, as was shown
by another spot as large as dollar
on the child's arm, from which the
flesh had been gnawed to the bone.
The child was then almost in the
death struggle, but the willing
neighbors summoned physician,
who promptly afforded the little pal
liation possible IN such an extreme
case. An hour after the mothers
return the child died. The mother
who up to the death of the child
had been too heart-stricken TO af-
ford any information, then was able
to say that when she entered the
room, she saw q large rat jump of
the bed and makeits escape through
hole in the chimney place. She
saw only one, but the number of the
wounds and the quantity of tissue
destroyed makes it possible, atleast,
that more than one OF the vcrInin
assisted in the horrible feat.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
The yih;iiss Prisoners.

LoSDos, June y. The Berlin
correspondent Of the London Iimcs
teIegaphs that he has received u let
ter from St. Petersburg that says !;
Two hundred police have been sent
to pcterhoiT - assist the soldiers IN
watching the palace there, the pres
ent residence OF the Court. Photo
graphs Of al the railway officials
have been lodged in q government
department, 50 rs to aid in the de
lection OF Nillilists disguised in the
railway costume. Strenuous efforts
| are being made to find connecting
| links of evidence, in order to give
more unity to the trials OF numer-
Gus important political prisoners,
which must be held next autumn.
The fortresscs and prisons are crowd
led. 1t is observed in official cir
cles that Russia cannot possibly
make such an exhi bition Of herself
before the world as to try a thousand
or two political offenders, and as
something must be done with all
these prisoners to make room for
Others, the only way to dispose ol
/ them quietly and expediously is by
the system OF administrative depor-
tation which General Melikoif, the
late aiinister of the Interior, sought
to abolish"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29

Gaggie Falis, Il deaf mute g years
old, is the wife of Isaac I1ahs, who
is also . deaf mute. They have two
children one eight aud the other
two years OF age, both OF which are
bright and have fuli possession oi
their faculties. Mrs. Fahs has been
living at the poor house with her
children and her husband is en-
ployed as labo.er at the pennsyl-
vania steel works at Stcelton.
On Saturday morning Mrs. Fahs
left the poor house and came to
this city, bringing the children with
her and LEFT on the train at 4:30 in
the afternoon to visit her husband
at Steelton. She arrived at Steel
ton and about 8 O'Clock after visiting
a store was crossing one Of the nu-
merous railroad tracks, when q
shifter came suddenly around 9
pile Of iron and struck her. She
was thrown down and the wheels
passed over both her legs. One lee
was crushed at the ankle and the
other from the ankle nearly to tht
hip. She was picked up and as soor
as possible placed on wagon and
conveyed to the hospital. Yester
day morning one Of her legs wai
Iamputatcd just below the hip by
Dr.. J. p. Seller, and she stood the
Operation as well rs could be ex-
pected. Her husband attended hel
constantly.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
A Cave.

WlLKEsHARRE. June -. An ca-
iensise mine cave ias occurred III
Plains Township, above this city.
The miDes are those worked from
what is known as the ilillmon Old
Slope. the lands being the property
of ~. T. Merritt and ;. w. Hollen-
book. The only vein worked Was
the upper or IliIimon vein. This
hail been worked out and the pill
lars taken away. The first mani
.estations of the cave came Monday
morning and the FINAL drop at Q
o'clock las. evening. Sixteen acres
Of surface sunk from ten to fifteen
feet. Fortunately there were no
houses on it, though trees were over
thrown, and fences, outhouses and
sheds wrecked. The drop rocks and
great quantities of dirt were forced
bv the compression out OF the slope
and airholes and blown high into
the air. There was a great conse-
quent noise aad the dust could be
seen for miles. The people at first
thought there had been an explo-
sion ard rushed in large numbers to
the spot. About two hundred feet
/ OF the'Main Township road islailectcd
By the fall. The clve will not pre- :
vent the taking out OF the coal IN
Itke veins.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
Brutal Murder.

ERIE, June 2l.-James Hogan was
foully murdered on Sunday after
noon by John M'Cue The victim,
an inofiensive man, was walking
along when M'Cue, who was loafing
at a corner, coarsely insulted him by
attempting to pull his handkerchief
out. Hogan would have passed on,
but the murderer forced a quarrel and
squared for fight. Hogan prepared
to defend himself, when suddenly
M'Cue sprang upon hinand plunged
amurderous jack knifeinto his throat.
Hogan fell weltcring in his blood.
The murderer was seized redhanded
by Councilman Mahony, who pinned
him to the earth until the police ar
rived. \ surgical examination show
ed that the juglar vein and carotid
artey were severed, also lacteal duct.
The city recorder took the dying de-
position, embodying the foregoing
facts.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
A Brakeman Killed.

PIrTsDURGH, June pa freight
train brakeman named Gales, em-
ployed on the Pennsylvania railroad,
met his death this morning in a rath-
er unusal manner. Gales lived near
Hawkins, and as q train was nearing
that station he thrust his head out
Of the caboose tosignal to his friends;
he leaned out OF the window so far
that he was struck by . train going
in the same direction but on the ad-
joining track. His neck was broken
and his jaw bone was also shattered.
When parties in the caboose reached
him life was extinct. Gales was about
twenty five years Of age and unmar-
ried. The train was Immediately
stopped and the dead body carried
to the house of the parents, near the
station.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
Hishwaymen near scranton.

SCRANTON, Pa, June 2l.-While
driving along near Petersburg, a
short distance from Scrantoa, early
yesterday morning, farmer named
Lucy was surprised by q party OF
desperadoes, who endcavered to drag
him from his wagon. Lucy whipped
his horse, and was getting beyond
their reach when they followed him,
keeping up running fire until the
torse fell dead on the road riddled
by their bullets. Then the farmer,
becoming desperate, seized 4 Ratchet
that lay in his wagon and leaped out
TO meet the rullians, who had ex-
hausted their revolvegs without strik-
ing him. His determined attitude
had the effect of driving them from
the scene and he remained there until
help arrived, nearly an hour later.
Another man who passed that way
shortly before Lucy, says the rnfiians
fred upon him, but he returned the
fire and they did not follow him.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
i stove for a Bank.

WESTMINSTER, June -. - Mr..
'Ym. Curry, living near OAK Orch
ard, in this county, had in his pos
session 81 200 in Western Maryland
Railroad bonds, which he held as
trust funds for bIr. Thomas Bond.
instead Of placing them in bank, Mr.
Curry has for 4 long time kept these
securities about his house, putting
them in various places far safety.
When the first spell OF warm wealth
er began this summer he put them
in bankers tin box, and placed Il
in a stove, thinking the stove would
not be used again. During the cool
weather last week, however, his
wife made fire in the stove. She
did not notice the box until the fire
had been burning a long time, and
then only by accident. The dis
eovery came too late-the bonds
were destroyed. II IS said the loss
cannot be made good, rs the plates
from which the bonds were printed
have been DESTROYED.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
Pension Office.

WASHINGTON, June %. The
clerks in the pension Office are in a
tremor of fear lest they should be
removed after Marshal Dudley takes
charge Of the office. II is ANNOUNCE
ed that by and with the approval
of the President, Mr.. Dudley is to
fill all the clerkships with ex-Union
soldiers. There are & great many
men Of this class now employed in
the office, but a majority of the
clerks there never did military SER
vice. There is a general feeling that
the ex-soldiers should be recognized
just as much as possible in the dis
tribution Of patronage, but there are
many who think it rather hard to
remove q capable clerk simply be-
cause he has the misfortune not to
have been born early enough to
fight IL the war OF the rebellion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
A Mystery.

New ORLEANS, June pa spe-
cial from Little Rock says: "a fright.
full affair has occurred in Sharpe
county. The house of Thomas
Stokes was robbed at midnight Of
$500 in silver, the thieves binding
and gagging the family, and on their
departure leaving no clue. On
Thursday night, James Tibhitts,
Abner Stanley and John,and Thomas
McClarahan. living near Stokes
house, were taken from their homes
by body of armed men and put to
torture, to force q confession Of the
robbery. The McClanahans were
jailed on suspicion of the robbery.
1t is feared some were murdered.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29


A SINGLE highwayman stopped
the stage twenty-five miles from
Galveston, Texas, Saturday night,
and compelled the two passengers
10 alight and assist him in riiline
the mail, which lasted a couple o.
hours. The robber is supposed tc
be the same who robbed another
stage two weeks ago.
A VERY severe storm passed along
nearly the entire length of the ST
Joseph K Western Railroad, in Kan
sas, on Monday night last, destroy
ing buildings and doing great dam
age to stock. Near Seneca a numbe
Of houses were blown down. Th'
large elevator Of Perry d Hutchin
son at Maryviilc was unroofed ant
blown TO pis 1es. Several school
houses were also destroyed. Nearl,
all The railroad bridges are down
and trains run only to Hanover.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
Accident in GarGeld's Family

CbEvELAND, June 22.- Shortly
after 3 o'clock this afternoon an
east-bound train OF the New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad,
when about twelve miles from this
city, struck q buggy in which were
riding Thomas Garfield, uncle of
President Garfield, and Mrs. Alonzo
Arnold, sister OF DR.. Boynton and
cousin of the Pretident. Thomas
Garfield was instantly killed, and
Mrs. Arnold's skull was SO badly
fractured that her life is despaired Of.
The buggy was dragged about two
hundred feet before the train was
stopped. Mr.. Garfield was so years
old. He leaves Z children. presi-
dent Garfield and DIR. Boynton
were telegraphed to at Long Branch.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29

REPORTS Of the tobacco crop given
out by the Census Office state that
in this culture Kentucky occupies
the first position, producing SO pei
cent. of the total amount. Virginia
comes next and Pennsylvania third
having advanced from the twelfth
position. The average yield per
acre is 13l pounds, varying from
1893 pounds in Massachusetts to
AL in North Carolina. The follow
ing was the yield and per acre for
1880 of the three leading States
Kentucky, total, III, ,121,134 pounds,
per acre, 756 pounds Virginia. So
o59,S3S pounds, per acre, $40
pounds; Pennsylvania, 5e.957.772
pounds, per acre, 1910 pounds.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
Use Of Postal Cards.

WASHINGTON, June 23.-lt is es-
timated that during the fiscal year
ending June 80 there will be used
three hundred and twenty million
postal cards, making a total for the
last four years of almost pecisely
one billion. The proposal for bids
for the next four years called for
two billions, and it is not unlikely
that the number sold next year viii
amount to very nearly five hundred
millions. The three hundred and
twenty millions sold this year, If
connected end to end, would run a
girdle around the world with enough
to spare to make q showy knot.
These cards are often bought in
very large quantities by business
houses for advertising purposes, or
ders having been received for twenty,
thirty and forty thousand at once;
but the great bulk Of them arc sold
singly or in small lots for purposes
of correspondence. The future Of
the postal card depends in some de-
gree upon the rate Of letter postage
If that is dropped to two cents the
sale of postal cards will be mate
rialy reduced.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
A Scandal.

Last Thursday, Mr.. W. G. Muse,
late candidate for County Surveyor
OF Westmoreland county, was mar
ried to Miss Douglass, daughter oil
Mr.. YIN. Douglass, who lives at that
place. The wedding was a brilliant
affair. There was q large number OF
guests and the presea wire many
and cestly. The br.,io's wedding
attire was one Of unusual richness,
having been bought in New York.
Mr.. Muse remained with his bride
but q hours, when be started as he
said, to West Newton, not, however
until he borrowed hundred dol
lars from his wife and another sim
liar sum from her brother.
At West Newton Muse met Mis-:
Maggie Paul, q respectable young
lady, whom he had previously en-
gagged to marry, and proposed tc
bring her to Pittsburgh to have thC
ceremony performed. They started
for this city accompanied by two
brothers Of Miss Paul. Arrived in
the city it was found that the train
they intended to leave on, to takt
their wedding trip was about tc
leave and the ceremony was again
deferred. The brothers returned
homo and Mr.. Muse and Miss Pau
departed, fobody knows whore
There is a rumor to the effect thai
Miss Paul is the first wife, the,
having been married some time ago
Detectives are looking for the much
married man. The brothers Of boil
young ladies are determined t
ielye nothing undone to bring hin
to- punishment Commercial Jun,
24h.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
Three Men Murdered.

SAN FRANcIsco, June pa de-
spatch from Tombstone, Arizona,
says: Particulars have been re-
ceived Of the killing, last week, by
the cowboys, of the Hazlett brothers
and German, at Eureka, N. NJ,
who killed Leonard and Harry
Head, the Contention stage robbers.
Last week the brothers were surpris-
ed by party of twenty cowboys
while playing cards in saloon in
Eureka, and they had no chance to
defend themselves. Bill Hazlett
was shot six times through the
bowels, Ike twice through the stom-
ach, and the German six times
through the abdomen. The mur-
derers mounted their horseand r de
~
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29

IKE late Car Of Russia appears to
have been very well aware of the
volcanic condition of his empire.
and to have had no confidence what
ever in the safety of his government.
The best proof of this is that when
he died he had on deposit at the
banks of Berlin S36,00O,0O0, and in
the banks of London s25,00000O.
Yet, while he had thus enriched
himself, the Russian finances were
in a deplorable condition, and the
country obliged to depend upon the
irredeemable paper currency, with.
out 4 metallic basis.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
Suicide OF. a Lazy.

READING, June 23.-Fhis village
was thrown into great excitement
yesterday morning when it became
known that a prepossessing young
lady resident, named Miss Gallagher,
aged seventeen, had committed sui
eide. 1t appears that Miss Gallagher
had been considerably depressed in
spirits recently, caused by domestic
troubles, and last evening at nine
o'clock she went to herroom and de-
liberately drank two ounces Of laud-
anum. A noise was heard in her
room, and when she was .discov-
cred she was in a diving condition.
She fingered until two O'Clock in the
morning, when death put an end to
her suffcrings. Owing to her youth,
the suicide has created a profound
sensation, and as there are many
mysterious connections with it, the
people seem to be unanimous in
having u thorough investigation
made.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29

JUDGE 0. A. LocHRANE, Of Georgia
IN an interview published in the At.
lanta Constitution, said: " You want
a point. The son of old Abe Lin.
coin, the present Secretary of War,
will be the next President of these
United Statesl He was one of the
BOG Grant men at Chicago. and he
could bring that wing up. He's in
with the administration, and would
not be distasteful to that wing. Do
| know him? ] do, and he's a man
with the same wonderful magnetism
that his father had. You look out
for Bob Lincolni"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29

Iowa CRY, jun 2l.-A freight
train laden with c. on the Iowa
City branch Of Ia Burlington,
Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway,
struck a COW just on the edge Of the
first section Of the iron bridge across
the Iowa river south OF this city last
night. There were two empty fiat
ears ahead Of the engine, and these
striking the framework of the bridge,
precipitated the first section OF it IN
to the river. The locomotive fell
down the embankment, which was
very steep, and the engineer, job
Morton, and brakeman, Pat Malone,
were entombed in the debris. Their
bodies have not yet been recovered.
Fireman Kineard crawled out Of
the wreck badly injured. Water
was thrown on the flames, which
started in the wreck, and no fire re-
suited. The train is badly wreck
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
Dcfaul;;ng Deputies.

SAN FRANcIsco, June 24.-Wm.
Highly. present collector of internal
revenue for the California district,
in settling the affairs of his office,
before turning it over to Chancellor
Hartzon, the incoming collector, has
discovered that many of his depu-
ties are desaulters. One OF them
named Hibberd, is short $1,000 in
his accounts and another named
Kelly, IS q defaulter ior heavy
sum. Both absconded, but the
former has been captured. Highly
has been given to July to square
his accounts.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
A Terrible Storm.

Sr LOUIS, No, june 24.-A spe-
cial dispatch to the Republican from
st. Joseph, Mo, says: Advices have
been received here that q very Sc
we're storm passed along nearly the
entire length ofKansas, houses being
unroofed and blown to pieces.
Several school house were also de-
stroyed. Nearly all the railroad
bridges are down and trains run
only to Hanover,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29

QuIscY, H., June 2l.-J. NJ. Kai.
ser, commercial traveller Of this
city, was shot and dangerously
wounded on Hannibal and St
Joseph passenger train yesterday
morning by Col. Keith, of Colum-
bus, Ind, who is insane. Without
4 word of warning Keith, who had
no provocation for the act, asose
from his seat directly behind Kaiser
and began firing at him. The first
shot struck him in the shoulder,
the second in the arm and the third
missed him altogether. Keith then
pulled the bell cord, the train slow
ed up and he jumped off.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
a EI;le in 5. Seconds.

JERSEY CRY, n. J., June q. The
excursion OF the Philadelphia eli-
tors which left Philadelphia at 7:45
this morning arrived here on time.
On some parts of the road very IA
pid time was made, mile being
covered in iiity-seven seconds. The
destination Of the party is New
burgh, on the Hudson, and the
steamer Richard Stockton, which is
to make daily trips to that point,
viii be taken. The excursion party
is under the charge OF George w.
boyd, of the passenger department
Of the Pennsylvania railroad
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29

The Prohibitionists of Mercer
county have placed full ticket in
The field, right in the face of the fact
that the Republicans of that county
are earnest advocates of prohibi-
tor, the three Republican members
from Mercer in the present Legisla-
turc all voting for the constitutional
amendment and against all liqnor
legislation as did also the State Sem
ator from the Merccr-Lawrence dis
trict. The natural effect of an indie
pendentent ticket is to weaken that
OF the party that has advocated their
measures. The citizens of Mercer
are not likely to do much TOR this
independent ticket, which has nos
the shadow of m excuse for its ex-
jstencc.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
Killed by a Horse.

New YoRK, Juae 20.-Thomas f.
Ryan, banker Of this city, about
six weeks ago bought n handsome
sorrel gelding. He seemed gentle,
yet quite spirited. On Saturday the
animal was removed from one sta
BE to another, and In the absence
OF the erocm employed by Mr.. Ry-
an, Richard johnson, a colored
groom, went into his stall. A few
moments later the other grooms
heard cry for help, and found
Johnson lying on the floor with his
skull crushed in by the horses
hoofs. He died soon after. Yes
terday morning Murray went to
feed the horse, and was kicked over
and tranlpled on by the vicious aa-
imal. and when dragged away by
the other erooms it WAS found that
has skull was fractured. lie viii
probably die.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
\ Colored Man Murdered.

RICHMOND, Va, June GA de-
spatch to the State from Boykins,
Southampton county, Va, says
Edward Thomas, colored, living on
lands Of George W. Turner, near
Hebron church, this county, was
found yesterday morning on the
floor of his house dead, with eigh-
teen buckshot in his back. He was
Murdered the night previous while
kneeling at the Fireplace in the net
ofkindling the fire. The murderer
is unknown, but suspicion points
strongly to one of the murdered
mans own race as the guilty per-
SON.