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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-06-21
An Illinois Tragedy.

ST. LOUIS. June ia bloody
and horrible tragedy is reported
from Xenia, Ill. 1t appears that
VIM. Johnson and wife, who have
not been living with each other for a
year or two, met in Centralia two or
three days ago, and Johnson pre-
vailed upon his wife to go away
with him. He took her to the
house of Mrs. Beard, in Xenia, who
is cousin of Mr.. Johnson, and after
spending two days together there ne
yesterday morning shot her through
the head, killing her instantly, then
put a bullet into his own head from
the effects of which he died in three
hours, but without recovering con-
sciousness. He left a brief note.
stating that if he and his wife could
not live together here, they could
die and 90 TO heaven together.
There appears to have been a long
standing quarrel between the fami-
lies OF the dead people, who live a
few miles from Centralia, and it is
supposed the separation of johnson
and his wife grew out of that fact,
and that Johnson concluded the bet
ter way to get out of the continuous
trouble was for both himself and
wife to die.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-06-21
A Non-Cnion Workman at Cleveland
So Badly Beaten That He
May Die.

CLEVELAND, June l5.-The strik-
ers have men designated from their
number to act as police and assist
in preserving order. They asked to
be appointed by the city as special
patrolmen, but the request was de-
MED Two of these quasi officers
arrested Thomas Blythe, q non-un-
ion workman, last Friday, on q
charge OF carrying a concealed weap
on. When oN trial in the Police
Court Blythe swore that he carried
a revolver to protect himself from
assaults by strikers. He was ac-
quilted, and the men who arrested
him were ARRESTED at the suggestion
of the Court, charged with assault
and battery, it being in evidence
that they seized Blythe without
warrant or provocation and found a
revolver in his possession. Their
cases were set for trial on the Dist
instant. This morning, when on
his way to work, Blythe was attack
ed by u gang OF men. presumed to
be strikers, and was SO badly beaten
that he may die.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-06-21
Flood at indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, June 1.-THE
severest thunder storm Of the season
came last night. Two inches of rain
fell during the night. At seven
O'Clock this morning Pogue's Run
commenced rising rapidly and IN
two hours had flooded that portion
of the city east of the Union Depot
along the Union Railroad track as
far north as Maryland street, and
northeast to Washing street. The
cellars of the wholesale houses on
South Meridian street, south of Gcor-
gia, are rapidly filling up. While a
party of fifteen or twenty were stan
ding on a platform over Pogue's Run
it gave way, dropping all into the
water Some of them were rescued
Immediately; others passed through
the cuivert under the Uuion Depot
and We're rescued below. while 9TH
ers, it is supposed, were drowned.
Five dead bodies recovered were rec
ognized as Katie Gilderman, George
f. ScOville. A. X. Saunders, attorney,
at-law Edward Z. Tilford, son of 5.
+. Tllford, and George W. Smith, of
Clermont. Other bodies have been
seen floating, but it has not been
possible to reach them. 1t is sup
posed that at least ten persons were
drowned. The cellars of the whole
sale stores were flooded, damaging
their contents. The store of q. W.
Stout, grocer, was wrecked, twenty
feet of the foundation caving in.
causing 4 loss Of s27, 800; Johnson,
Irwin d Co. 5 loss is S25, 5,000on stock.
The northeastern section of the city
was also flooded, and it is estimated
that the total damage viii not be
less than 100000.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-06-21
A Railway smash mp.

BEDFORD, Ind, June 15.-No. reg
alar north-bound passenger train
on the Louisville, New Albany aud
Chicago Railroad, met with a serious
accident about four miles south b
this place about II O'Clock -o-dav
They were late and rnnning fast. 4
make up the time Nearing th'
With river bridge, the rear coach
jumped the track and rolled down q
steep embankment, pulling the 9th
er coach, the engine tender and the
mail and baggage car with 1t. The
engine also flew the track, but lodg
ed about half way down the EN-
bankment. Word was sent here al
once, and a special train bearing
physicians and nurses was immedi-
ately made up and sent to thC
wreck. Arriving at the wreck al
the passengers had been removed
from the broken cars and the wound
ed were being cared for Their
were thirty-five or forty passenger:
on the train. All were more or les;
injured.
The following is . list Of the deaG
and injured: John Carmoney, engi.
neer, badly sealded, died this even.
ing; Mrs. Hannah Fowler, New
Albany, Ind. hand smashed ; DR.
Leachman, Louisville, not danger
Gus. Mrs. Jane Jones, Paoli, Ind,
not serious. Mrs. S. B. Jones, Pao-
Ii, Ind, slightly, Mr. Shriver, wife
and two children slightly, Mrs.
Walfsohn and two children, Louis
vile, slightly. Others were injured
but not seriously. Al the injured
passengers were brought to this city,
and with two or three exceptions re-
sumed their journey.
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Serious Riots Break ont at AIe1an-
Gria.

ALEXANDRIA, June III p. NJ
Serious riots broke out to-day be-
tween the hostile natives and Euro
peans, during which several persons
were killed and wounded and a
number of houses destroyed. The
police remained inactive.
Later.-Riotous demonstrations
have taken place before the French
consulate to which several of those
mortally wounded at the outbreak
OF the riots had been conveyed.
The disturbances continued some
time before the authorities to5k
steps to suppress them. The Eng
lish consul was severely hurt, re-
ceiving gun shot wound An en-
gineer of the British man of-war
Superb" was killed. The disturb
ances continued five hours when the
military dispersed the rioters.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-06-21
Death OF Ex-Governor Dennison.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 15.-Ex-
Governor William Dennison, known
as the War Governor of Ohio, died
here this morning, aged 81 years.
He had been sick nearly year. He
was Governor of the State from 1860
to 1862 ; Postmaster General under
Presidents Lincoln and Johnson ;
Commissioner of the District o.:
Columbia under President Grant,
and prominent in other public po-
sitions. He was President of the
Convention which nominated Lin
coin and Johnson was the candi-
date for the denomination for Vice Pres
ident againgt the late Senator Wilson
in 1872, and for Senator when Gen
eral Garfield was chosen, in 1850.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-06-21
Storms IN the West.

One of the heaviest rain storms
ever known in this section, accompa
med by waterspOuts, swept over Den
yer last night, doing thousands of
dollars worth of damage in the city
and surrounding country. Cellars
and easements were filled with wa
ter. and several houses near the Plat
te River were swept away. The
bodies oftwO Germans, Ludwig Muer
and Fideli Drier, who were in one
OF the houses, have been recovered.
Three children were drowned, but
their bodies have not vet been found.
1t is feared that other lives besides
these FIVE were lost. The storm
reached over several miles of thickly
settled country. At Golden several
houses were washed away and the
Cambrian Fire Brick Works were
struck by lightning and cempletly
destroyed
CHICAGO, June IA special dis
patch from Springfield, ILL.,, says
Saturday nights rain extended over
several counties in this vicinity and
must have done much damage to the
growing crops. Tbs streams have
al overtiowed and several washouts
have occurred on the railroads, but
all are repaired now. On the Wabash
Railroad, twenty miles east of here,
a 300-feet track was washed away.
Three and one-half inches Of rain
fell in twenty-five hours, ending at
ten o'clock yesterday morning.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-06-21
Beavers Outlook.

PHILADELPHIA, June 1S.-With
the reconvened Republican Conven-
ton only three days of, and the
Democratic State Convention meet
ing on Wednesday of next week,
there is q revival TO some extent of
interest in politics. Mr.. Cooper yes
terday sat in his shirt sleeves in room
No of the st. Cloud Hotel talking
to General Beaver. who had come in
during the night FROM q tour OF Lu-
zerne, Lackawanna, Bradford and
Susquehanna counties. Between the
puiis OF his cigar Mr.. Cooper ques-
toned the Camersn candidate for
Governor as to the feeling of the
people among whom he had mingled,
and seemed overjoyed at the inlor-
nation which he received. General
Beaver said that in Luzerne, outside
of Wilke5barre. he had found no
division whatever among the Repnb-
hcans. On the contrary, all the
Wolfe men Of last year whom he had
met told him they were now in
hearty accord with the Harrisburg
ticket. In Wilkesbarre the difficult
ty was confined to the postoffiee
fight, and he believed that the bitter
nesss engendered by Congressman
Scranton's victory over Coy. Hoyt
would soon pass away. He found
everything lovely in Lebanon-did
not, in fact, meet Wolfe man who
was not satisfied with the ticket.
The leader of the Wolfe movement
last year, q leading coal man, gave
him reception at his residence, at
which about three hundred of those
who had voted for the member from
Union attended and assured him of
their support. In Bradford and
Susquehannah the situation was as
encouraging. General Beaver said
that from his daily observation
among the people thus far he had
no fear ofthe result. He left at noon
yesterday for his home, where he
will spend to-day. Tomorrow he
goes to Washington county. His
purpose, as Mr.. Cooper stated it. is
to make quiet tour of the counties
to make preliminary personal can
vass of the State from end to end.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-06-21
Settling 4 Feud with Rifles.

GALVESTON, June ia dispatch
to the Ne,rs from Llano, Texas, says
that at an early hour on Wednesday
morning an old feud between the
McNutt and Coggins parties culmi-
mated in an engagement with rifles.
Henry Hatley, of the Coggins party,
was killed, and John fatally. On
the McNutt side Jack Herring and
and Ben Barter were wounked. Mr..
Harwell, Il non-participant, was
yollndp1 hv a stray he'll
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The Garfield Memorial Tablet.

NEW YORK, june 16.-The memo
rial tablet to the late President Gar.
field which is to be placed In the
Church OF st. James at Elberon, is
of polished brass, is fifty-six inches
long by twenty-three inches wide.
The lettering and decoration are In
black and colored enamel, The latter
being used in the initial letters.
The decoration may b, roughly de
scribed as q modified and very free
use of the Gothic. On either side
are columns treated in an ecclesias-
teal style, surmouuted by treioil
arch. In the corners are quatrefoil
figures and oak leaves, and there is
also scroll work on the sides and top.
In the center is 4 sword and, the
hilt encircled with a wreath OF lau-
rel. On either side ofthearch above
are the two sides of the great seal
of the United States. On the OBJ
verse is the eagle with the olive
branch and arrows in its claws: on
its breast is an escutcheon showing
the stripes of the flag, while above
are the thirteen stars, signifying the
thirteen original States. On the re-
verse Of the seal appears an unfn-
ished pyramid, typical of the unfin-
ished Republic, above which are
the all-seing eye and the date 1776.
Half way down the tablet are the
shield of Ohio and New Jersey, the
former showing the sun setting
upon a wheat field, and the latter
bearing three plows. On the lower
part OF the table: is an inscription
in black enauel lettering, the initial
letters being in red, which reads as
follows:
TO the memory Of James A. Gar
field, President Of the United States.
Shot at Washington July ,, 1881.
Died at Elberon September 10,
1881"
On the sides of the tablets within
the scroll work are the words Of the
text from which Bishop Scarborough
preached the funeral sermon in ST.
James's Chapel: "Know We not that
there is a prince and a great man
fallen this day in Israel" st.
Jamess Chapel is directly opposite
the Francklyn Cottage at Elberon.
This tablet, which has been secured
by subscriptions of cottagers at Ei-
beron. will be placed on the south
wall of the chapel facing the congre-
pa-iOu
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-06-21
Buried Alive by Its PlayInates

A number ofcolored children near
Etoulat creek in Florida, while play
ing together 4 week ago, undertook
to have 4 funeral. They dug hole
and put in it a young child little
more than a baby and covered it up
with earth. The other children
PLAYED .around awhile longer, but
soon forgot their companion buried
alive and wandered of. At night,
when inquiry was made after the
missing child, the horrible story was
told. The affrighted parents hasten
ed to the spot pointed out and dug
up the child, but, of course, too late.
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100000 Reward {.

VIII be paid for the detection and
conviction of any person selling or
dealing many bogus, counterfeit or
HoP BiTTERs. especially
Bitters or preparations with the
word HOP or HoPs in their name or
connected Herewith, that Is intend
ed to mislead and cheat the public,
or for any preparation put in any
form, pretending to be the same as
HoP BTTERs. The genuine have
a cluster of GREEN HOPS (notice this
printed on the white label, and are
the purest and best medicine on
earth. especially for Kidney, Liver
and Nervous Diseases. Beware of
all others, and ofall pretended form
ulas or recipes OF HOP BITTERs pub
iished in papers or for sale, as they
are frauds and swindies. Whoever
deals in any but the genuine will be
prosecuted.
HOP BITTERs Co.
Dorbe..4er Y Y
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Murder in Altoona.

ALTOONA, June 14.-Early this
morning this town was aroused by
the cry OF murder" 1t transpired
that John Boyles, who was employed
at the Pennsylvania Railroad shops
in tris city, wenthome to his board
ing house drunk. and had some
words with his roommate, William
Nanzandt. The latter stabbed B0yles
twice, infiic;ing terrible wounds in
his breast from which he died short
ly after At the Coroner's inquest a
post-mortem examination was held
which showed lnat the blade of the
knife had penetrated Boyle's heart.
The jury rendered verdict in ac-
cordance with the above facts, and
Vanzandt was Immediately arrested
and is now in jail. Vanzandt is a
married man, having a wife and four
children. Boyles was a single man.
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AFan'ily Quarrel.

MoUNT VERNON, KY. June H.
Yesterday, near Bradley's Mills, Rock
Castle county, Wllliaiu Cramer and
his nephew, Sam Cramer, were riding
on horseback together. conversing
about an old grudge. They finally
quareled, disniounted, engaged in
an encounter, when the nephew in
ilicted a wonnd on his uncle, with
long knife, severing the windpipe,
but not before William had fractur-
cd the skull of the nephew.
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! Train Falls SIXTY Feet.

DOVER, n. H.. June 15.-Last
nights mixed train from Portland
due at Rochester at ten O'Clock, ow-
ing to a broken car wheel left the
track on Emery's grade near Spring
vale, Maine. derailing fifteen cars la
dened with merchandise and pre-
cipitating them down an embank-
ment of sixty feet. The cars and
contents were utterly destroyed
causing a heavy loss to the Portland
and Rochester railroad. 40 one was
injured.
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vigorous Measures to p,..,....
icncp. 10


AZ 1iIEvELAND, June 14-o,s
rni,;,,.. ',Ts more men vent to work IN I'm tb-
rgil'ns ifl mills today than yes,l-4a :, .ne
me same Boheinians y6a. 80.
stoned last evening retaroed 1'' %5!e ~.
morning, = but wege no, noi...,' i .nl'
ne hew disturbances has or-rs-,5 S'5'
ana skilled woFklnen are s--;..,.' -
s'lig' . some coming from FT,,ia ,,'i
! Tue mills are practically in ! 80; So
iied condition. They are fsneeS 5';.' :;
anu garrlsQned by atrong loTcs y. "a ~
weh armed men. who are ono-to-.i "
there day and night ready io- 's,sa ....
wee IN case the strikers attach ~
sorks, as they have threatened toSn ,lle
II 1t Is understood, though it has To, ~,
been made public. that lhe gatl;nr
gun and light artillery batteries. t5s
cleveland Grays and the Fifth Reg-
lment, State militia. are held IN
readlhess ioF an emergency. Their
oflife. '''' ''' ''''I : Si'''S
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Explosion ia 4 shaft.

WILKEsBARRE, June ia ter
rife explosion of gas occurred in one
OF the hits of the Stanton air shaft
this morning, 400 feet from the bot
tom Five men, who were descend
ing in bucket, with naked lamps
upon their heads, came III contact
with gas, igniting it. The explosion
hurled one OF the men named Jas
Carey from the bucket and fell to the
bottom. He was killed aud four
others-John Welsh Michael Lynch,
Henry Hughes aud Edward Finne-
gan-were badly burned. II is
doubtful whether they viii recover.
Great excitement prevails ut the
shaft.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-06-21
Death ia the Oil Can

GREESsBUEGH, June li.-hirs.
Montgomery, wife Of William Mont
gomery, a hotel keeper at Larimer
Station, near here, when filling oil
lamps last night, left the can on a
table while she went into the next
room. Her little nine-year-old girl
took the can and poured some oil on
the fire which ignited the oil and
exploded the can. The little girl
WINS so badly burned that she died
at o'clock last night, and the baby
which was playing on the floor, and
which was also badly burned died
ut ] o'clock this morning. Mrs.
Montgomery was also seriously bur
ned, and the hotel caught fire. The
parents were SO occupied In trying
to save their children that the hotel
was left burning, but by the aid of
the citizens the building was saved
after but little damage had been
done.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-06-21
A Broken Saws Ghastiy Work.

ST. Louis, June 12.-This morning
In MorthSt. Louis five-foot circular
saw in a saw-mill burst with a loud
noise and one of the pieces struck a
workman named Jacob Spelman on
the back of his head, completely
severing the right side of the skull
and leaving bare the brain. The saw
then passed down his right arm, cut
ting clear through tie arm from
shoulder to elbow. Then it changed
its course, returning back up the arm
and cutting the shoulderbone in two,
where its force vas expanded Spei-
man lived in great agony for twenty
minutes. He leaves a wife and six
children.
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Forest Fire in Wisconsin.

MLwAUKEE, June ia special
tothe Republican Sentinel from Neills-
vile, Wis, states that forest lire is
now destroying the best pine in Clark
county, and that the indications are
the destruction will be greater than
occurred during the great Peshtigo
fire, which occurred the same year
Chicago burned. The fire is rushing
northwest with fearful rapidity aud
havoc, and will reach the Eau Clare
riverinside of two days. All logging
camps will be destroyed. Fortu-
nately there are no farms in the
course the flames are now travelling
The loss to standing pine is already
enormous and falls most heavily up
on parties 1T Dubuque, Iowa, La
Crosse, " is, and land owners at the
east.
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BRrGHT's DISEASE, DIABErEs.-
Beware of the stuff that pretends 10
cure these Diseases or other serious
Kidney, Urinary or Liver Diseases,
as they will only relieve for a time
and make YOU ten times worse af-
terwards, but rely solely on Hop Bit
tiers, the only remedy that will sure
" ard permanently cure you. II
destroys and removes the cause OF
disease so ehectually that it never
refnrI,s
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DoEsS'r he John Cessnaj under
stand what the revolt against Cam
eron means yet? The independents
are perfectly willing to see the State
90 Democratic if there is 80 other
way Of destroying the regnant dy-
nasty, and as for going into another
convention with Cameron, pas si
be,c ~. ]. World Editorial
Mr.. Cessna no doubt knows the
Independent leaders are perfectly
willing TO see the State go Demo
cratic" but he does not believe, as
the World does, that any considera-
bic number Of persons are going to
assist them in turning the State and
Nation over to the control of the
W'orld's party. The above must be
interesting reading 10 the honest
supporters ofthe Independent ticket,
ana we doubt much whether Stew
art, Wolfe and his fellow kickers
will thank the leading crgan OF the
Democratic party for thus giving
them away.-J0hnstowR Tribune
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n HFnte Lvnched.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, june ia sne-
cial from Mount Sterling saws. -
negro named Jim Mitchell wavlaid
the Vile ola respectable farmer N
noon yesterday. and assaulted her
IN the most brutal manner only two
miles trom town. Within two bonrs
aitSrward the wretch was in i,l
Last night five men armed with pis.
tol5 entered the Jail and forced the
lal!er to deliver the victim into their
hands. He was taken out and hung
to alraIiroad trestle half a mile f., m n
town. The body was taken down
tins morning and buried bv the cor.
oner. He confessed the crime. and
was fully identified by Mrs. Thom-
as
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IT is an undeniable fact that Cen
eral Beaver was, on the assembling
of the Harrisburg Convention, the
first choice of vast majority OF the
delegates. It is an undisputed fact
that he is to-day the favorite candi-
date of at least three-fourths Of the
Republicans of the State, and yet
the Independent Republican minor
ity demand that he be set aside.
Where is the bossism," if not IN
the demand of the minority, that
the majority shall submit to their
dictation2
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The Wonderful Oil Wells.

SHEFFIELD, Pa, June b
Anchor Oil Co.'S No ., lot 647, was
drilled into the sand this forenoon.
Itresponded with a heavy flow. and
in three hours produced 400 barrels.
1t is flowing at rate of over 1900
barrels daily The Mystery, on GAS,
and the Murphy well, are flowing
$500 barrels each. The estimated
production from the four completed
wells in this district is over eight
thousand barrels. The market to-
night closed at 51i bid, with sale of
100000 barrels.
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100000 For a Leg.

New YORK, June 14.-Frederick
Voss, "a boy of eight years, through his
guardian, received verdict to-day
in the Superior Court, against the
Third Avenue Railroad Company
for $4,000, for the loss of a leg on
June 19. 1880.
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THE Democrats know that they
have no hope of electing their ticket
in this State except through the
division of the Republican party,
and far-seeing, calculating members
of that party believe, and justly too,
we think, that Democrat who can
carry Pennsylvania for Governor Is
almost certain to be the Democratic
nominee for President in 1884. II
is for this reason they SO earnestly
advocate the Independent cause,
and this is why the friends Of Han
cock, Turnkey and Randall propose
them as candidates for Governor.