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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11

ITs most pitiful, as well as a
transparent dodge, to attempt to ex-
tenuate the treason to party OF the
men who have grown rich and fat
on offices obtained from the Repub-
lican party, by insisting that they
"were given them by the people.
What part of the people gave them
to them? Was it the Democratic
party? The people as a mass had
nothing to do with it. 1t was the
Republican people or party that
elected them, and solely by power
of the Republican organization. Did
they ask the whole people, or the vo-
tiers of the Republican party for their
nominations Did the whole people
or the voters of the Republican party
elect them ? How many Democratic
votes did any of them get when can
didates? There is not one OF them
that could have come within forty
furlongs of an election had he not
been nominated and adopted as the
Republican candidate. There is a
whole volume in the pithy announce
ment, that after Judas betrayed his
master, "he went away and hanged
himself"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11
THEN AND HOW

When the rebel cannon Numbered
at Gettysburg and fear and dread set
tied down on half the people OF the
North. how eagerly those who staid
at home pressed forward on any and
every occasion to do honor TO the
soldiers who stood as wall of fire
between them and destruction. No
honors were too great to heap upon
them, no tavors in the future were
to grand to promise them. They
were the country's guardian angels,
and he who spoke slightlngly or
sneered at them did it at his peril.
What change less than score
of wears has made Now from one
end of the State To the other Demo
cratic and kicker" journals abuse
and sneer at man whose patriotic
devotion to his country led him. in
the dawn of early manhood, To offer
his all on the altar of his country.
A man whose fearless bravery In bat
tie is only surpassed by the purity
and loveliness of his character in
private life. And worse than all,
men like John Stewart and Charley
Wolfe, men pretending to be Repub-
licans. and who owe all they are to
the favors shown them by that party
tramp up and down the State ma
ligning one whose heroic devotion
to country ought to shame his worst
enemies into decent treatment Per
haps the verv granduer Of his
unselfish patriotism is 10 them 4
a perpetual rebuFe.
Get down to the merits of this
question, voters of Pennsylvania. II
will bear considerable reflection
When its merits are once fairly real
lied and understood, we have nc
fears of the result.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11

If there is a man in this county
who r, CARDS himself as a Republi-
can, and vet thinks of voting for
Seibert and Sorber, we ask him to
pause and reflect. 1t is charged and
has not been denied, that both of
these gentlemen are pledged, if elect
ed, not to 90 into the Republican
caucus for officers of the House, nor
to cooperate with the Republican
organization. The next Legislature
will have to perform the duty of APP
portioning the State for members of
Congress and of the Senate and the
House. The Legislature may be
close. and it is too much TO risk
having Somerset County put into
Democratic districts for the next ten
years. If they are not pledged to,
and do not act with the party, neith-
er of them would have a particle OF
influence in shaping legislation.
Pause and reflect before you vote.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11

MEssRs. KooNTz AND KoosER are
now speaking throughout the coun-
ty in behalfof the Independent State
and County tickets. Both these
men went TO the polls at the Repub-
lean primary election in June last
rand voted. BY doing this, they
pledged their honor to abide the re-
suit and support the candidates then
and there nominated. Can any fair
and honest man trust them after
such treachery, such a deliberate
breach of their own honor?
Let it be understood also, that
when they went to the Republican
primary and voted, they knew that
the Independents would hold sepa-
rate primaries and nominate a sepa-
rate ticket, and yet they deliberately
pledged themselves to support a
ticket which they had predetermined
to betray.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11

IT is currently rumored-and the
course of the Meyersdale CONNER
ciaI lends the story strength-that
Rev. Seibert is merely being used as
cats paw, and that when the prop
er time comes, he will be dropped,
and the Democratic and Independ
ent vote be rallied to the support OF
Captain Sorber with the hope OF
hereby electing him over Colborn.
Morgan's election is conceded, but
lit is hoped that by dropping Seibert
and concentrating on Sorber TO push
him through. Wait until you see
Colborn come in on the home stretch,
gentlemen, and YOU will wish you
hadn't played false to Seihert.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11

So. so. 1t turns out that the vir-
tuous Independents, while denounc-
ing political assessments, and charg-
ing thai the Republican party is
corrupted thereby, are all the same
busily engaged in gathering in all
the shekels they can. A circular
issued by the Secretary of the Inde-
pendent Committee of Union Coun-
ty, that immaculate Reformer Wolfe,
being its chairman, has come to
light and has been published, levy
ing an assessment on all the county
officials. What vile hypocrites and
imposters these Independent bosses
a
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11

THE Cleveland Leader, one of the
most wide awake and reliable Re-
publican papers in Ohio, on Wednes-
day last, contained statement of one
of its former staff, a Pennsylvania.
who has gone over the western por-
ton of this State with a view to as
certaining the exact political situa-
ton. He represents the party in the
most encouraging condition, and that
the differences that existed in the
early part of the campaign are fast
disappearing, and that Gen. Beaver
and the entire ticket is gaining
strength every day and will certainly
be elected. He justly says that mo
one has ever dared to charge anv
specific exhibition of bossism, or
point out single county where any
effort was made from the outside to
control the election of delegates. By
what process of reasoning, then, can
1t be said General Beaver is not the
choice of the party or regularl v
nominated ? The most malignant
Independent or d mocrat does not
hesitate TO admit that Beaver is every
way qualified for the office, aud ha
claim upon the party and the pen
pie superior to that of any man eve |
nominated for le office in Penns VI
vania. All the issue there is in the
State is simply this: The best ticke I
ever nominated in the State. with a
man at its head who has paid for his
claim upon the party by correct
and exemplary life, and his blood
and part of his body on the battle
field OF his country, must be defeated
and the State turned over to the
Democracy, for the ofstriking ablow
which will surely not hit the person
aimed at. Sensible men will not
pull the trigger of gun which is sure
to kick overheard the best ticket we
ever had, and our grand old party
with it. They believe the party has
still a high and grand mission and
Is able to correct its mistakes without
committing hari-kari.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11
Suicide

Miss Emma McAtee. q beautiful
girl Of -, the daughter Of "a good
family at Lawrence Furnace, Ohio,
recently became infatuated with
William Ridenour. book keeper.
He either failed to reciprocate her
tender sentiments, or, having once
done so, sought TO withdraw from
the attachment. She became zeal
Gus, and threatened to Kill herself.
Riednour attached no importance 10
her threats. On Sunday she swal-
lowed strvchnine, and sent for him
to see her die. She exonerated him
from blame in the presence of her
parents. and left a note in her trunk.
saying that she died for him, but
that he was in 40 way to blame for
lAr net
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11

THE Independents have taken the
stump with all the speakers they
can muster, and are making a noisy,
clustering, abusive campaignin every
part of the State. Their meetings
are largely attended by Democrats
to hiss them or, by hundreds of Re
publicans drawn by curiosity, and
by their own comparatively small
number of followers. Their speeches
are devoted entirely to abuse Of the
Camerons, whom for their own pur-
pose, they have magnified into an
irresistible power. People smile
over their ranting imitation of Jack,
the Giant Killer. with his fe, 70,
fun, and quietly say to each other
we are not to be scared into voting
against the gallant Beaver by such
stuff. We viii stay in the party
and when, in 1884, Senator Cameron
comes up for reelection, We will
beat him, if we want to unload him
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11
4 Negro Murdcrer's Death.

RALEIGH, October 3.-The jail al
Nashville, Nash county, in which
Jerry Cox, notable as one Of the
most desperate criminals ever known
in the State, was confined under SEN
tence of death, was fired by him last
night aud entirely destroyed. About
midnight people were awakened by
the roar of the flames, and many
fastened to the Jail, but on their ar
rival they found the walls and bars
glowing red with heat, while the
murderer within was screaming in
his death agony. In less than an
hour the Jail was a mass OF ruins.
Early this morning the body oi Cox
was found. and great mass ut peo-
pie stood appalled, at the terrible
tate which had overtakeu the brutal
murderer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11
Terrible Tragedy.

CULPEpER, October 3.-A tragedy
took place i'll the neighborhood O.
Bethel Church, Madison county
near the Culpeper line, on last Sun.
day evening. A man by the name
of Fayette Henshaw, well-to-dc
farmer, entered his house while his
wife was preparing supper for the
family, and drawing a pistol shot a,
her three times. the first ball taking
effect in her neck, and the second in
the hand. She then fled from the
house TO the barn, where her son, a
you * man grown, found her in an
exhausted condition. Henshaw then
shot himself in the right temple
causing death Immediately. 1t is
supposed that strong drink was the
cause of the crime, as he had been
drinking hard for several years past.
His wife is still in a precarious con-
dition.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11
Found Dead i'm a Barn.

LANCASTER, Oct. 5.-This morning
Frederick Evans was found dead in
the barn of David Huber, near Ian
dis valley, this county. Evans led
a dissipated life for number OF
years, was separated from his wife
on that account. He went to HUI
ber's place last evening, and was
given IA comfortable place to sleep in
the barn. 1t is supposed that he
became i'll during the night, got up
and walked to the feed entry, where
he fell and died. There are cuts on
the head indicating that he ran
against some of the farming imple-
ments in the barn. Coroner Shaffer
held an inquest, the verdict of the
jury being that death was the result
of congestion of the brain. The
deceased was well known in this
county and has a large number of
wealthy and influential relatives.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11
Fa'al Railroad Accident Near Pitts.
burgh

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct. 5.-At an
early hour this morning while the
first section of freight train was
standing at Linden station, Il few
miles from this city, on the B. & O.
Railroad track, it was run into by
the second section of the same train,
severely injuring Conductor Ruffner
and Brakeman Sanders, who We're
IN the caboose attached to the first
section, and slightly injuripg Brake
man Cline, at the second section
The caboose aud two freight cars of
the first section We're badly broken,
and the second section slightly dam
aged. The accident WAS caused by
the failure of Flagmen Devine to 90
back the proper distance on account
OF the dense foy. Sanders has since
died, and Conductor Ruffner will
lose leg. Cline will recover.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11
Found Dead in His Cell.

WILMINGTnN. Del, Oct. 3.-Last
evening AN Englishman, giving name
of John Nelson, was a arrested for
drunkenness Upon being arraigned
he informed the mayor that be was
not so drunk as he might seem to be,
but that he had taken poison. No
credence was placed upon this decla-
ration and he was locked up. This
morning he was found dead in his
cell. Nothing has been learned OF
his antecedents.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11

The virulent speeches made by
Stewart, Koontz d Co.. in which
they attempt to take their spite
against the Camerons out of General
Beaver, is suggestive of the old story
of the boy, who, being scOlded for
beating COW, replied Dad licks
Nam, and Nam licks Siss. and Siss
licks me, and I'm goin' to take ii
out of this darned old COW"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11
Killed Instantly.

NEW YORK, October 4.-James
Staihter>, Il lineman in the employ
o: the Brush Electric Light Compa-
ny. accdrntly received ashock from
a line which he was adjusting this
morning, and was almost instantly
killed. He was at work at the top
of a pole making new connection
for another wire. When he received
the shock he did not fall to the
ground. his foot being caught in the
line. He was taken down, but died
shortly after being taken to the sta.
ton house. The skin on the palms
of both hands was hanging in strips
as though it had been scared of
with hot iron. and the mans face
in death bore look of intense ago
ny. He was married man.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11

THE nomination OF Hon. Jacob NJ
Campbell for Congress, and Hon. J.
II. Longenecker for Senator, com.
pletes the Republican ticket, and i
the signal for all good Republicans
to 90 to work.
Gen. Campbell needs no commen
dation at our hands. His public
record speaks for itself He ha:
been an intelligent, faithful. attent-
i've public servant. always voting
right, always abreast with the best
public sentiment, always true to tn,
interest of his country, of his State
and of his constituents. so excellent
and acceptable a member of Con.
gress deserves a reelection, and we
DOUBT not that he will receive it ar
the hands of a constituency he has
so well served. Let party divisions
be what they may on State questions,
we trust that no Republican will be
guilty OF the folly of lending hi, aid
to throw our representation in the
Congress of the Nation into the
hands of the Democrats.
Hon. Jacob II. Longenecker is a
gentlemen of ability, of culture. and
of stainless personal character. He
is one of the leading lawyers of the
Bedford bar, has represented Bedford
county in the Assembly, with great
acceptability, and is deservedly pop.
ular and much esteemed. He is a
Republican, pure and without re
proach, has held aloof from the
chickering's of factions, and his can
didacy is looked upon with favor bv
almost the entire Republican party
in Bedford and Fulton counties.
We earnestly commend him to the
support of all Republicans of this
County who desire to see the district
redeemed from the hands OF the De-
mocracy. Mr.: Longenecker can be
ought to be, and We believe will be
elected to the Senate by very de-
cided majority.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11
Thrilling Scene.

WILKEsBARRE, October 4.-The
head house at the Stanton Air Shaft
was burned to-day. The loss Is es-
tinlated at $1,000, and i covered by
Insurance. When the fire was dis
covered there was sixty men in the
pitts below. Their families and
friends soon assembled on the spot,
and their agonizing cries filled the
air. As late hour this afternoon it
was learned that all the men were
saved. On coming out many OF
them fell to the ground exhausted.
They made their escape through the
gangways leading to the Empire
mines.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11

From all parts of the State We
have the most encouraging news OF
General Beavers canvass. Republi-
cans who are dissatisfied with the
party management see that the
choice is simply between Pattison
and Beaver, and are resolving not to
assist the Democrats in carrying the
State by voting for Stewart.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11
Dynamite.

NEW YORK, October A further
examination was had to-day in the
case of Louis d. Argineon, who was
arrested with DR.. Felix Valdez last
week, charged with manufacturing
counterfeit five-cent Cuban postage
stamps and counterfeit Cuban cur
rency. In the examination of the
prisoners effects yesterday four
ounces of nitro-glycerine Were found
in trunk, with lot of engraver's
tools. The prisoner was noticed to
turn deathly pale. He remarked
that he would rather die on the spot
than to he sent to prison. The bot
tie WIS carefully removed and
thrown into deep water in the North
river.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11

A Statement has been going the
rounds of the Independent and
Democratic press that in Milton,
Northumberland county, Stewart
wilIpoll larger vote than General
Beaver. There were 33S Republican
votes cast for Garfield in Milton.
Republican club of Milton has now
on its rolls 290 members pledged
to vote for General Beaver, and the
roll is still being signed. So that
misstatement, like all the other lnde-
pendent Democratic falsehoods OF
It's kind. has no foundation.-Har-
risburQ 1eIearaph.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11

SAID Garfield at Chicago in 1880:
'In order to win victory now we
want the vote of every Republican
of every Grant Republican and every
anti-Grant Republican-of every
Blaine man and every anti-Blaine
man.."-No name is more securely
enshrined in the hearts of Pennsyl-
vania Republicans than is that OF
Garfield. Let his words appeal to
them to-day as in the campaign
which secured his own election, and
Pennsylvania viii not be handed
over to the party that shametully
vilified him with slander and for
gery.-.StdBdGrd.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11

The HERALD's exposure Of the
bargain and sale between the bosses
of the Democrats and the Independ-
ents Of this county, has driven the
Somerset Democrat frantic. and il
repeatedly applies the choice epithet
"murderous Guiteau Stalwarts" tC
the Republican party. History re
cords that one. J. Wilkes Booth, q
Democrat, assassinated Abraham
Lincoln. How would the epither
"Murderous Wilkes Booth Demo
Gratis" strike the fancy of our neigh.
Dor?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11

Isx'T it a singular spectacle to Sc
men calling themselves Garfield Re-
publicans, lying down in the same
dirty bed with the Morey-letter
Democrats, concocting schemes TO
defeat General Beaver, the man who
seconded the motion to make Gar
fields nomination unanimous at
Ch;caoo9
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11

REPUBLICANS may honestly differ
about methods and revolt against
leadership, but if they are wise thew
will not attempt to destroy the party
because their views are not adopted,
or because they do not admire one
or more of It's leaders. The man has
always been accounted a fool who
burned his barn to drive away the
rats.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11

INDEPENDENT orators of the Stew
art -Koontz stripe have all their po-
litical lives charged the Democracy
with being corrupt, disloyal and rot
ten, and yet they prefer seeing a
tool of this party made Governor,
rather than a manned soldier like
General Beaver.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11

FoR twenty-five years the long line
of Republican Governors in Penn
sylvania has not been broken, and in
all that time the Republican party
has not been beaten in the State in
a general battle. And now the In
dependents want to turn the State
over to the Democracy, because, a:
they allege, they want TO beat Sena
tor Cameron. who is not a candi
date.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11
A VALUABLE FARM
FOR s ALI !

In SOmersel township, Somerset Co. Pa, hve
miles east of Somerset, on the Somerset and
Bedford turnpike, adjoining lands Of WIN. VIII,
Daniel Keller. Daniel himmel John Gumberi
and others containing about 800 acres, 225 acres
clear and In good state OF cultivation ami the
balance well timbered about - acres in meadow.
The farm is well adapted for grain or stock
raising. Is nearly all underlaid with coal and
limestone; good limestone quarry opened; vein
six feet thick, three feet good coal on top Of il. in
good working condition A large twO-stUry brick
dwelling house with a basement, bank barn, su-
gar camp and other out buildings, a thriving ap.
pie orchard OF eighty live bearing trees, also a
young apple orchard Just coming into bearing Of
ninety-six trees pears plums, peaches, grapes &c.
ALSO,
A tract of timber land laying about ten miles
northwest OF Somerset. adjoining lands Of Abra
ham Beam. John J. Baker. and others, contain
ing about 26J acres. For further information call
on, or address
:. !. BAER.
aug302m Somerset p. o.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11
Washington Monument.

WASHINGTON, October 3.-To-dav
the Washington Monument was
completed to the height Of 80 feet,
leaving 245 feet yet to be completed.
The present weight of the structure
is about 10000 tons of :, 2,240pounds.
The tapering of the monument is
now so rapid that the additional
weight to the top will probably not
exceed 10000 tons. Colonel Casey,
of the United States Engineer Corps,
in charge of the structure, will re-
commend that Congress at the next
session make a sufficient appropria-
ton for the entire completion of the
monument.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11
TEN Independents of Montgomery

TEH Independents of Montgomery
county propose holding mass
meeting in Norristown on Friday
evening next. They invited the Hon.
George. Bullock, of Conshohocken,
to act as president. He respectfully
declined on the ground that he was
not ready to give his vote in favor OF
free trade by supporting the lnde-
pendents, and advised Republicans
to support General Beaver. That is
the true ring of Republicanism. The
Hon. George Bullock sets good ex-
ample for all Republicans to follow.
Elect beaver this year and settle
party differences hereafter The
Republican who claims to have a
right to reform any abuses should
stay in the party and do it. and not
90 outside to first aid the Democrats
by supporting the Independents, and
then claim To be a better and purer
Republican than those who always
proved true to the party, this year
and every year
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11
bicycle Tourist.

CHEYENNE, October 4.-Will Rose,
journalist and bicycle tourist, OF
Danville, H., who started for San
Francisco on a bicycle six weeks
ago, has arrived here. On account
of the lateness of the season and adj
vice received, he will go no further,
there being danger of his becoming
snow bound in the mountains. Mr..
Rose came l 400 miles on bicycle
alone.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11

The friends of General Coifroth
are very gleeiul in anticipation o.
his election through divisions in the
Republican party, and by means Of
their bargain with the Independent
bosses TO vote their followers for
him. 1t is not safe to count chick
ems before they are hatched, as the
General may discover when the
bosses attempt to deliver the votes
bargained for.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11

THERE is nothing draws Demo
cratic crowd like an Independent
meeting. Our exchanges report im-
mense crowds of enthusiastic Demo
Gratis in the eastern counties, flock
ing to hear and cheer the noble anti
Republican speeches made by Stew
art. Marshall and Koontz.