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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-01
Completion and Cost OF Brookiyp
Bridge.

NEW York, Feb. 24.-The Brook
lyn Bridge, it is now promised, will
be open for foot passengers and ve-
hicles by Christmas Day of this
year. This bridge, which was be-
gun in January, 1870, and has been
over twelve years in course of conc
struction, has already cost the two
cities s13, ,439, ,590.66, and as it is 5,
eS9 feet in length from the begin
ming ofthe approach on the New
York side to the beginning of the
approach on the Brooklyn side, it
shows cos qf about s2,245 per
running foot. Its expected that,
including the proposed lasfing, fully
81, 500, 600 more will be 6xbe6dea
to complete it. This will make the
final cost of this pathway between
the two cities over 81, 500 a foot
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-01
Afloat in an Ice Box.

New YORK, Feb. 23.-Napoleon
Mathurin was brought into this
port to-day on the brigantine pearl,
from Port Spain, which pickd him
up at sea after he had been floating
about six days in an ice chest on
which he escaped from the wreck
of the steamship Bahama, which
foundered off Hatteras on February
10. Mathurin is well except sail
waited mouth. He did not leave the
steamer in the boats, but stayed un-
til the vessel began to sink, which
was about daylight. He went down
with her and when he came up he
caught a spar, and two hours later
encountered an ice box twelve feet
long and five feet wide. He got into
it and was pretty comfortable ex-
cept from cold. Then he picked up
some sea biscuit which were float
ing near and finally fell asleep.
When he woke he saw a vessel in
the distance, but his signals were
not seer. For four days he was
without water. Then it rained and
he caugst enough to slake his thirst.
On the sixth day the Pearl picked
him up. Mathurin lives in Que
bee.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-01
Indicted.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-The Grand
Jury, as the resulto of weeks of in.
quiry, last Saturday night at 6:3(
o'clock sent down to the District
Attorney a presentment against
twelve persons for conspiracy in
the Star route cases. The transac-
tions of the Grand Jury rooms are
secret but it has been ascertained
that among those presented for in
dictment are ex-Assistant Postmas.
ter General Thomas ]. Brady, Sen.
ator Stephen W. Dorsey; his broth
er, J. w. Dorsey; his private secre-
tary, NJ. C. Berdell; Mr.. John c
Miner, of the firm of Miner, Vale &
Co.; Captain w. H. Turner, former
ly clerk in the Post-office Depart
ment, and Mr.. J. W. Peck, a brother.
in-law of ex-senator Dorsey. In
the case of S. P. Brown j. E. French,
F. P. Lille, L. w. Vale and ]. H,
Sanderson, whose name have been
connected with Star route transac-
tions, and some of whom have al
ready been before the court or a
United States commissioner, the
charges were virtually ignored and
dismissed from consideration early
in the inquiry. There was only
one presentment, but it covers a
number of routes and contracts.
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Heavy Flood,

CINCINNATI, Feb. 20-Heavy rain
has been falling all morning. The
river at IL o'clock is ffty-fve feet
and rising two inches in an hour,
All the cellars below Third street
are flooded, practically suspending
business in that part of the city, as
a great force is kept busy removing
goods. The Plum street passenger
station is inaccessible, and trains
deliver passengers at Wood street.
Madlux & Habart's distillery and
the Globe rolling mill have been
compelled to close operations. The
former have driven away all their
stock. Other distillers in the same
locality will be compelled to close
to-day. If the rain should stop
now it is estimated there will be
FIVE feet more of rise, and what
will come with more rain would
make the highest water ever known.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-01
Senator I.ogan's Project.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ex-senator
Logan has. carefully prepared a
speech favoring the bill providing
that all revenues of the Government
hereafter derived from the manu-
facture and sale of distilled spirits
shall be devided among the States
and Territories in proportion to
their population exclusively for ed
ucational purposes. Logan will OPP
pose both the reduction and repeal
of the internal revenue tax, but urge
most energetically that the proceeds
of the manufacture and sale of liq-
or be devoted to bearing the ex-
penses of the great system of free
schools, and thus to relieve the peo-
pie of that burden. He has been
collecting statistics on the subject
and says that they show that the
expenses of carrying on the school
system of the States and Territories
does not exceed seventy-five mil
lion dollars, which is just the sum
that is estimated will be received
from the tax on liquor during the
present fiscal year.
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Mr.. wolGe's Big Programme.
Media American (Rep.)

Media American (Rep.)
During Tuesday and Wednesday
of last week Senator Wolverton, a
present Democratic candidate for
Governor ex-senator Dill, the
former Democratic nominee for
Governor Charles s. Wolfe, late in
dependent candidate for State Treas
urer, and Mr.. Mapes, the original
chairman of his committee, met to-
gether in Philadelphia, and unless
all signs fail a conclusion was reach
ed at their conference with which
all who take an interest in public
affairs should be made familiar at
once. Mr.. Wolfe's open statement
to some whom he met that he and
his friends regardless of any action
by the Republican State Convention,
would place in the field a third
and independent ticket for all State
officers, and in each Senatorial dis
trict where Senators are to be elect
ed, and each of the 201 Representa-
tive district will place third and
separate nominees in the field, tells
the whole story to those familiar
with the contemplated effect of this
action. The design of Mr.. Wolfe,
so confessed, is to defeat the Repub-
lican candidate for Governor, Lieu
tenant Governor. Secretary of Inter.
nal affairs, Supreme Judge and to
completely change the political
character of the Senate and House
from Republican to Democratic.
The only Independent who could
possibly be elected would be Mr..
Wolfe himself, provide as MANY
Democrats as voted for him last fall
in Union county do so again-a
doubtful provision, when they have
no popular home candidate for
Judge or which to trade. This is a
big programme.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-01
Six Children Drowned.

MEMPHIS, Feb. 23.-A sad acci-
dent occurred on Monday on the
Tyronzo, small bayou which emp
ties into the st. Francis river about
twenty miles above Madison, Ark.
High water had overhowed the land
belonging to a Mr.. jameson, and
while engaged in removing his wife
and six children to a place of safety
on the highlands the dugout which
contained them capsized, drowning
all the children, two of whom were
grown young ladies, the remaining
four being aged from six to fourteen
years. Johnson saved his wife, but
could render no assistance to his
drowning children.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-01
Two Escapes Were Enough.

MONTGOMERY, Feb. 23.-Near Bel
Grove Theo. Burton, while splitting
rails got into q feud with John
Rockand and with two blows of his
AK killed him and fled. He was cap,
tured by Eugene Dobbs, James and
VIM. Dempsey and Mr.. Bush6eld.
While taking him back the party
stopped to rest when the prisoner
suddenly drew a bowie knife and
badly wounded two of his captors
and fled. He was again recaptured
and placed in Jail. At night fifty
masked men entered town and GO
ing to the Sheriff's house demanded
the keys of the Jail in which the
prisoner was confined. After OBJ
tanning possession of them they pro-
ceeded to Jail, took the prisoner out,
placed him on a horse and rode qui-
city away. They carried him three
quarters of "a mile south and there
hung him to a tree. The body was
found in the morning.
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New YORK. February 21.-T.I
hings County Insane Asylum
large structure of four stor;sa a
Flatbush. l.. l., was dis @ ovsr,
be on fire about quarter mas, su :;
this morning. An alarm w.]
promptly given, and the BroolI~1
fe Department resp,r,.,ed Th1
ile broke out in the fourth s.o,r
where two wards were tu ,lls ~
stroyed. IL was confined q, ,t.,
door, and the only damage 10 -,
rest OF the building was by wats'
There were about 800 inmates :,
both sexes in the building y
A pandemonium prevailed on n j
lower floor as the unfortunate II
mates were huddled together. o. O,
the passage down a woman tried ~ y
jump through a window, and wbsu
she was caught by the keeper bs'
screams set all the other patients :
commotion- 1t required the COM
bined efforts of the keepers to nra.
vent a wholesale escape of the IN,
mates as soon as the lower floor va,
reached No sooner had the s,s,
engine arrived than the women COM
menced vigorous pounding on n,
windows on the south side. askina
to be released. While the keensrss
were endeavoring to restore order !,
that quarter four men made tbs;,
escape. One was subsequently can
tured on Flatbush avenue. In NJ
excitement and confusion one olS
man, a paralytic, was left in Ill
room and was, no doubt, suffocateJ|
by the smoke before the fiamss
reached him. 1t is also stated thai
a man named Scoville persisted IL
the flames. The loss on the build1
ing will exceed $4,000.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-01
Massacre Of 1000 Persons.

LONDON, Feb. 1S.-A dispatch
from Buenos Ayres, dated January
"a, says that particulars have been
received there of a massacre of the
inhabitants of Pisco by Peruvian
soldiers. Col. Mas, with 600 troops
from lea. attacked Villavicencio,
routed him, and with the aid of his
men proceeded to sack Pisco. A
thousand pipes of wine were dis
tributed AMONG the men, who burn
ed the houses and murdered the in
habitants. Four hundred foreign
ers, who attempted to resist, were
cut to pieces, 300 being killed, in
Guiding the French Consul. The
total number of victims was 1000.
It is said that Col. Mas has since
been shot by Garcia Calderon's
troops,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-01

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 23.-About
o'clock this morning the citizens ol
the south side residing in the vicini.
ty of A. NJ. Byers & Co.'S iron mill
were startled by a loud explosion,
which caused houses to tremble.
1t was soon ascertained that one
boiler, of battery of three had been
rent asunder, and that the shed
which covered the boilers had been
completely wrecked. The debris
was scattered in every direction,
but after the shock caused by the
explosion it was ascertained that
only three persons were injured
only one of whom it is thought ia.
tally.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-01

PoTTsTowN, Pa, February o.
Frank kirkpatrick, of South Cow
entry, Chester county, aged d years,
while beastly intoxicated and being
hauled home in a wagon from a
public sale on Monday, had his
neck broken. His comrades were
drunk, and they pitched him into
the rear of the vehicle, paying no
more attention until they arrived at
his home, when they found him
dead. In their verdict yesterday,
the deputy coroners jury said they
were unable to decide how the neck
was dislocated.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-01
A Sons Horrible Confession.

WORCESTER, Mass. Feb. 22.-SOl
omon Richardson, Of Charlton
a well-to-do farmer, was reported
last Wednesday as having been "a
tally wounded by the accidenta
discharge of a gun while he wa.
riding on a load of logs with hi, sor
and neighbor named Allen. Hi
died on Friday and was buried or
Sunday. To-day the son confessed
that he had shot his father, intend.
ing to kill, and is now under arres,
on a charge of murder. He SAYS he
had carried the gun for two DAYS
awaiting a favorable opportunity to
shoot his father, and fired while Al.
lens back was turned.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-01
A Workman Instantly Killed

PITTsBURG, Feb. pa singul,,
and fatal accident occurred at Carps.
gle & Bros rolling mill here yeste,.
day. In the mill there is anelectric
battery, of sufficient power to mn
sixteen electric lights, which sun.
plies the mill with illumination
Yesterday morning Henry B. AI,pr
an employee, was examining N,
machine, when he carelessly placed
his hands ON the wires, receiyipp
the full force of the current, killinso
him instantly. His comrades nan
to him and picked him up. A Alind
mark around the throat and Ions
furrow running from the thigh y
the left limb to the ankle showed
the course of the electricity.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-01

CLEVELAND, O., Feb. pc. A.
Withers, James ID. Campbell, b. f.
Kruhe and Fernando Schwartz, a
committee ofex Confederate soldiers,
residents in Cincinnati and its vicin-
|ity, arrived this morning, bearing
with them memorial tribute to
james A. Garfield, in the form oi
eulogistic and sympathetic resolu-
tions eltgrossed ol. parchment, aud
framed in vari-coiorcd Tennessee
marble, highly polished and cut
from u single block about two feet
square, with the United States coat
OF arms in Mexican onyx inlaid at
each corner. The committed called
upon Mrs. Garfield this forenoon,
selecting Washington's birthday as
an appropriate time, and formally
presented the testimonial, Major e.
A. Withers, formerly Adjutant Gen.
eral on ]. A. Morgan's staff, making
the following address: ut is with
mingled feelings of qualification and
regret that / havethe honor, madam,
of presenting to you this memorial
of the ex-Confederate soldiers of
Cincinnati. 1t is gratifying that
we can truthfully and feelingly unite
our voices in commendation of the
lamented dead with those of the
many thousands of a common
people. And the occasion that call
ed for such sentiments is painful in
its recollectians and as fully deplor-
ed by the people of the South as by
those of any other section; the
unanimity with which these resolu-
tions were passed, and the express
sions conveyed therein, speak more
than any ,words of mine, and you
can rest assured, Madam, that in
them in voiced the tribute of all the
old soldiers of the South to the
sterling worth of the late President" +"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-01

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-We Star
tonight says: "The case of Gener.
| al Fitz John Porter has been several
times before the Cabinet and favor
ably considered. 1t is said to be
| the opinion of the Administration,
and the determination thereof, that
General Porter should be given that
Justice to which he is considered
entitled. The decision OF the Adj
yisory Board that General Porter
was not only unjustly dealt with,
but that if it had not been for him
there would have been great dis
aster to the Union Army, has had
great with the President and his
Cabinet. It will be remembered
| that General Schofield was the presi-
dent of the Advisory Board 1t
was stated in The Star yesterday
that the case had been referred to
the Attorney General for a decision.
The principal point upon which
that official will decide will be in
regard to the mastering out of Gen.
eral Porter from the volunteer force.
General Porter was, when cashiered
a Maior-General of Volunteers and a
Colonel of the Regular Army-15th
Infantry. The question is when his
back pay as Major-General of Vol
unteers shall cease. There is now
no such force under the Government
employ as a volunteer force of the
Army. The last Majer-General of
Volunteers was mustered out in
1866. The question is whether there
shall be back pay to General Porter
to that year. or wheter he can claim
it to the date of his proposed rein
statement in the Army. He can
only be reinstatt d by nomination
in the Senate and a confirmation by
that body. He will be nominated
as Colonel of infantry to fill the first
vacancy. The question of the date
of his being mustered out as Major
General of Volunteers will be settled
by the decision of the Attorney
General.
1t is estimated that when con-
firmed by the Senate as Colonel
of the Regular Army, General Porter
will be entitled to about $4,000.
When General Porter was cashiered,
he was forever disqualified from
holding any office of public trust or
profit. The nomination of General
Porter to be Colonel of infantry,
will be made without doubt, will
carry with it pardon-when it is
contradiction all disabilities i'm
posed by the verdict of the original
court in his case.
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encouraged the Democrats that al
ready the Record (Dem.) is urging
the propriety of the Democratic
party in the State making struggle
to carry the House of Representa-
tives in order that they may be
ready to deal with the new appor-
tionment of the State that must be
made at the next session. Itadmits
that the Senate cannot be changed,
but thinks that with a Democratic
House (and Half-breed assistance) a
bill to suit the Democracy might be
pushed through. Thus the teach
ings of Independent Republican
ism" blossoming for Democratic
fruit.
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A Boys Strangs Curiosity.

DOVER, N. H., Feb. 23,-Arthur
Huntoon, sixteen years of age, was
to-day committed in default of s10,-
600 bail, for trial for attempting to
throw passenger train off the
track of the Dover and Winnepisco-
ga Railroad by tying a log to one of
the rails over a culvert near Durham.
The train was moving slowly at the
time and it broke the logs fasten-
ings, else there would have been a
terrible wreck and loss of life. The
boy was found sitting on fence
waiting to see the smash up." He
said he had read of the Coles cross
ing disaster and wished to see one
for himself.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-01

THE friends of State Treasurer
Butler who are urging his nomina-
ton for Governor, laid great deal
of stress upon his Roman firmness
in refusing to pay the salaries of the
Legislators His opponents viii nov
suggest that it might have been
more to his credit if he had obeyed
the plain mandates of the law, as
did his predecessors, than by listen
ing to the Attorney General have
required the Supreme Court to COM
pei him to perform his duty.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-01
The Prohibition state Ticket.

ALTOONA, Feb. 23.-The Prohibi.
ton State Convention here to-day
nominated DR.. A. C. Petit, of Law.
renee county, for Governor; DR.. A
Williams, of Chester, for Lieutenant
Governor; Ezra Crossman, of Nc.
kean, for Secretary of Internal AT.
fairs S. P. Chase, of Susquehanna
for Judge of the Supreme Court
and Colonel S. P. McCalmont, ol
yenango, for Congressrnan-at-large.
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Hemmed In by Water.

LAwRENcEBURG, ND. Feb. a.
This city is entirely surrounded with
water, and all communications with
neighboring towns and cities is eui
off, except by water. The town ]:
in a state OF excitement. Many
families have been forced to flee be.
fore the raging waters, and seyera
hundred people driven from thelr
homes have fiocked to the cour'
house for safety.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-01

IT is apparently strange to ind
the manufacturers of matches oppo-
sing the repeal of the revenue tax
on their products. But when it is
remembered that the tax is added
to the price, and that a discount Of
ten per cent. and a credit of sixty
days is allowed to those who buy
stamps in large quantities, the OBJ
iect is easily understood.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-01

THE nomination of Roscoe Conk-
ling for Associate Justice of the Su-
preme Court, took the Senate by
surprise, and fairly knocked the
wind out of the politicians. The
eminent fitness of the man for the
position cannot be gainsayed, and
his almost unanimous confirmation
by the Senate may be expected
But the Half-breed journals whose
daily pabulum for the past few
months have been detraction, vilifi.
cation and ridicule of the late Sena.
tor are fairly wild with wrath. The
New York Tribune, in its distracted
impotency reminds us of the i'm.
mortal Squeers, who, when elected
from the room, performed frantic
war dance in the lobby and shouted
through the key-hole, somebody
knock that Nickleby down, and
bring me out my hat and all the
lesser organs of the baser sort, how
in concert, and fly to their only
weapon of offense-mud throwing
Not so, however, with the better
class of journals. They without
distinction of party commend the
appointment as one worthy of the
President and of the highest court
known to our laws. Thus the Bal.
timore American, an inveterate anti.
Grant, anti-Conkling, anti-Stalwart
journal manfully says: "But what.
sever Judgment may be passed unor
"Mr. Conkling as a politician. tl.ert
"can be no denial of his fitness tc
"sit upon the bench Of the Supreme
"Court. This may be very much
to say OF man who has been Sc
extreme a partisan as Mr.. Conk,
Ling has been, but it must be re
membered that in not even the
7" fiercest Of the political quarrels in
(which he has borne leading part
"has his personal integrity evel
"been impugned and, as for hi:
accomplishments in the law, that
"is a matter of universal acknowl.
"edgment. He possesses a sense o.
dignity that must make him an
impartial and conscientious Judge
"and he will reinforce the Supreme
Court with vigorous blood, acute
Judgment and thorough acquaint
"ance with the principles and prac
4 tice OF the law"
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The Perils Office Highways.

Troy, n. Y, Feb. 2a-News has
just been received that VIM. B.
Trombly, Of Trombly's Bay, Clinton
county, while crossing Lake Cham
plain on Sunday upon the ice, with
a l3-year old son and a 15-year old
girl, during a severe snow squall,
drove his horse and sleigh into an
open piece of water. Mr.. Trombly
was knocked under the ice several
times by the struggling horse, and
when rescued was unconscious.
His son was kicked by the horse,
and was dead when taken from the
water. The girl was saved.
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CoATEsvILLE, Pa, Feb. 23.-By the
explosion of a lamp in the Rokely
paper mill of J. B. Rroomell, about
three miles from this PLACE, at
O'Clock this morning, the mill apd
an adjoining dwelling were destroy
ed by fire. Edward Hilton one ol
the employees, who was sleeping in
an upper story, was burned to death
Loss, $4,000, insured for $4,000.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-01

THOSE in search of moral in the
result of our borough election last
week, at which William H. Koontz
ESQ.,, and some of his Halfbreed
friends were adopted and voted fol-
on the Democratic ticket, may find
it in the New York World fable oi
the elephant and the partridges.-
While an elephant was browning
through the jungle on the Isle of
Ceylon, she saw a nest of young par
tridges. "Poor, motherless little
things" said the elephant, Il will
be mother to you," and forthwith
she sat upon the young birds. Just
so, the Democratic elephant took
compassion upon, and sat on .he
Koontz birdlings in the Half-breed
nest, but 10. when the elephant
got up the depression in the earth
alone remains to show where the
nest was."-The Republican ticket
as nominated, was elected.