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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

A wealthy German Farmer Killed
By Two women.

MILWAUKEE, March "A tragedy
has just been unearthcd az Ahnapee,
Wiscolsin. In 1878 the remains OF
John 0oettinger, a wealthy German,
we're found bnrned ID his house. A
young man named Jacob Kozins
now comes forward and testifies as
follows:
"The last tit1e | saw Goettinger
alive was in Blalinck's meadow, on
Saturday evening, July 20, 1878.
about Z or 8 o'clock. There were
present at that time Mrs. Blalinck,
Mrs. Goettinger, Goettinger and N.Y.
self Just before this Blalinck and
Is hired girl had gone home. We
were raking hay. Goettinger was
talking with his wife and daughter,
but / do not know what was said,
as / did not understand the German
language.
4 was raking hay and did not
stop work. When they were quar-
reling I saw Blalinck's wife stick a
pitchfork into Goettinger about the
belt While she had the pitchfork
in him, Mrs. Goettinger struck him
on the head with fork. They held
him down and covered him with
hay. | was 60 frightened that / be-
came unconscious. was only 10
or 20 steps from them at the time.
Nothing was said to me about the
murder, and in about half an hour
we all went home. After arriving
home Blalinck came to me and
threatened to kill me if | ever told
of it. That night / saw Blalinck
and his wife 60 into the meadow.
The following night 1 saw them go
toward Goettinper's house and soon
after / saw the house in flames. /
swore to a lie at the inquest when l
said l knew nothing of the affair,
because was in fear Of Blalinck.n
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15
Killed by a Mob.

DENVER, COL, March 7.-On
Thursday Arnold Howard and
Frank Young, charged with stealing
cattle, were arrested and lodged in
Jail at Del Norte. Next day an at
tempt made by the prisoners to
break Jail was foiled. On Saturday
night 100 masked men, said to be
stock men from Rio Grande and
San Luis Valley, rode down on the
guards, the Jail was broken open,
and the prisoners again attempted
to escape. Howard was fired upon
and killed outright, and Young was
mortally wounded. Howard had
been arrested twelve times, charged
ed with cattle stealing, and had
been cleared in every instance.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15
cavageIy Attacked by q Horse.

PLAINFIELD, N. j., March TO-
Henry jackson, a colored man en-
ployed by Mahlon Vail at New
Market, near this city, lies in acrit-
ical condition from injuries received
yesterday in an encount.r with a
young stallion the property Of Mr..
Vail. Jackson was leading the ami
NAL to the barn when it suddenly
sprang upon him knocked him
down, and, kneeling upon his body,
began to tear his clothing and
flesh. Several bystanders went to
Jackson's aid, but were unable to
drive off the horse until q blanket
was thrown over his head. This
bowildered him 90 that Jackson was
enabled to get away and start for the
barn, but the enraged animal made
another rush at him, and knocking
him down again endeavored to tram
pie upon him. The bystanders at
tackled the stallion with clubs and
stones, and finally stunned him and
rescued Jackson.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

! ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Mar. AT
Los Lunos, yesterday, Charles Shell
ton, John Raymond and Harry
French were taken from jail and
hanged to adjacent trees by masked
men. Shelton murdered Foreman
Woodruff last fall. Raymond killed
James McDermott in January last
at Gallop, on the Atlantic and Pa
cifc railway. French, alias Samp-
son, was one of a band of despera-
does who killed Deputy Sheriff
Jones at Cranes. The mob also took
two negroes from the Jail, beat them
unmsrcifully, and then turned them
loose.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15
Quarreling over a Coffin.

ERIE, March S.-Linesville was a
scene of sensation on Tuesday.
The congregation of the Methodist
Church progered the use of their
church for holding the funeral exer-
cises over the body of Mrs. Nance
ly. spiritualist The minister ar
rived at the last moment and for
babe what he called sacrilege in
permitting Moses Hull, a spiritual
infdel, to deliver the oration. A
row followed, but the minister gain
ed his point, and the church doors
were closed against the corpse.
The body was then taken to the
Liberal League, followed by hum
dreds of all denominations. The
deceased was highly esteemed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

IT is reported from Washington
that the vacancy on the Supreme
Bench has been rendered to Senator
Edmunds, and his friends have
hopes of inducing him to accept it.
While he would make a most adj
mirable and acceptable Judge, al
most any other Republican could
be better spared from the Senate
than the very able and level-headed
Senator from Vermont.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

RccKylLLE, Me-, March s.-gey.
Edward =. Ellis. Of Neponset, Mass,
was arrested at North Haven, Ne.
last evening, on a charge Of crimi-
nality with the wife Of a resident OF
Thomaston. Both parties belong to
highly respected families. Ellis is
d Baptist clergyman, and has been
holding revival meetings in this sec
ton OF the State the past two years
He was arrested is the pulpit while
addressing a large meeting.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

SERGEANT Mason. Who shot at
Guiteau through his cell window
and missed him, has been sentenc-
ed BY the Court Martial that tried
him to be dishonorably discharged
from the q. S: Array with the loss
of all pay. and 10 be confined at
hard labor in prison Tor eight years.
This appears to be a severe sentence,
bat it must be remembered that this
was an outrageous attempt 70 mur
der q pris0ncrin in coafinsment. While
Guiteau deserved no sympethy, yet
she Law mast be vindicatsd. = II
will he when he il hung. s 80
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

INVESTIGATIONS by the Kentucky
Legislature disclose a barbarous
state of affairs in the convict camps
of that State. 1t is stated that in
one camp only thirteen out of fifty
convicts survived a year of excessive
labor at numbering, for want of food,
clothing and medical attendance.
The lash and thumbscrew were
used, and deliberate murders were
committed by the keepers under a
plea of enforcing discipline. In a
coal-mining camp, where the men
were driven at the point of the re-
volver into a dangerous tunnel, a
fall of earth three hours afterward
killed eleven of them. If the state
ments published are true, the cruel
ty practiced upon Kentucky con-
victs exceeds that of any other State
thus far reported, and for the sake
of humanity we trust they are exag-
perated
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15
War Inevitable.

LONDON, March "a Constar
nople dispatch to the Times say,
is feared in official circles that 4
between Russia and Austria Is in,
table. The question of calling
the reserves is being seriously J
cussed. 1t has at last been decid
in principle that some prepaa,o
measures should be taken. The
aggerated apprehensions of the \
ace party cause them to look favsr
bic on a rapproachment with A.
tria
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

News of the death of the Rev.
Henry Highland Garnet, our d;nis-
ter to Liberia. has been received.
The dead Minister was one of the
most eminent colored men of this
country, and was an honor to his
race. He was much esteemed by
his white brethren where known, and
his death win be widely regretted.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

A KIND-HEARrED old lady once
said that the devil ought to receive
praise for his perseverance, and the
remark applies to the independ-
ents" in this county, vino fancy
they are holding the Republican
party out by the tail.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15
A Mother and Three nagghtersPerish

WINNEpEG, Man., March S.-A
sad disaster has followed in the
train Of the severe blizzard of Satur-
day night. The house of John Tay-
lor was burned at Meadow Lea, some
miles west Of Winnepeg. and his
wife and three daughters were
frozen to death from expos
ure. Taylor himself was badly fro
zen and Miss Beldon, who was on a
visit to the family, had her fingers
and toes severely frozen. One of
the daughters is missing and is sup
posed to have been buried in the
drift while endeavoring to find a
neighboris house.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15
GLEANINGs.

We wonder if there is anything
Roscoe Conkling can do short Of
diving that would please his enc
mics. They were very mad when
he was nominated as Associate JUS
tice on the Supreme bench, and now
they are mad because he does not
accept the place. Queer world
queer people in it.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

CoNKLTNG has declined TO accept
the appointment of Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court, and now all
the great editors of the country who
were standing on their heads for
fear he would accept, have again
landed on their feet and are abusing
him for not speaking out sooner.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15


the opposition Of ! Senator to The
Executive? Do they want to make
il high treason to speak : Ind
against him who happens 4 Be
President? Are his acts to hsa-
cred {? Is he divine; Ike the an6 mt
hing, and incap(b BE Of fFrung Il
seems intfedibI that nch q nc
4rine shou11 be announl5d and hp-
ported id this county, and - a
thousand mouths ure crying every
day, Cruelty this man who dared
to oppose the viii of a President"
An, but" says one, "we may
oppose a President when he is
wrong, but not when he is right
And who is to determine when be Is
right and when wrong? There viii
always be those to insist that the
Executive is right Who shall be
the umpireg
There never was Q difference OF
any moment Letweed the Senate or
House and the President when the
latter was 80 slightly assailed g in
the Conkling- Garfield controversy.
Indeed, not one word against the
President was spoken by Mr.. Conk-
ling until the letter was published
giving his reasons for rendering his
resignation, and that only stated,
without exhibition of temper on
abuse, the simple facts. When
Schurz and others opposed Grant in
the Senate, their denunciation was
bitter in the extreme, and he was
arraigned as a despot and tyrant
whose removed in some manner
would be the salvation of the coun-
try; but nothing of this character
appeared in the late quarrel. II
was the long-continued strife at Al
bany that engendered excitement
and bitterness, and that was brought
about by the course of the hall.
breeds, who refused to 60 inte Re
publican caucus and abide by the
result. Why, on January 8. 1875,
there appeared "a the New York
Tribune a SHARP denunciation of
President Grant for favoring kellogg
against the Kuklux of Louisiana,
which closed with these words: /" If
he insists on fighting it out on this
line, some one will play Brutus to
his Caesar without fail, which, by
the way, would be a great blessing
to the country"
The man who published that ad-
vice to murder Grant is now whining
about Conkling being responsible
for the assassination of Garfield.
This whole performance is a re-
proach on the good sense of the
American people, and a libel on the
memory of the man these slanderers
pretend to honor. When the news
of Conkling's defeat was brought to
Garfield the latter expressed sympa-
thy for him, and stated he would
appoint him to any Office in his
gift. But these malignants seek to
hold him responsible for a crime
which they ignorantly helped to
precipitate themselves, and abuse
the memory of the President to
crafty their own hate and personal
spleen. 1t is time that such twad-
die and rank injustice be denounced
as it deserves. If Mr.. Conkling is
personally unfit for the Office TO
which he has been nominated, let
him be opposed openly and square
ly on that ground; but let us cease
to encourage the idea that, in this
land of republican freedom, opposi.
ton to any man in Office: high or
low, shall constitute high treason to
the state.-Inter- Ocean.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

IT appears that MacLean, the
man who shot at Queen Victoria,
has been an inmate of a lunatic
asylum, and was, at one time at
least, undoubtedly insane Never
theless, he has been committed for
high treason. and as the proof is
clear, viii unquestionably be con-
x;ctad
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

The American people are now
eating butter, sauer kraut and pota-
toes from Europe. There must be
something wrong in the manage
ment Of our farmers, or this thing
couldn't be. This country has the
capacity to feed all the balance of
the world, and here we are import
ing prime articles of food.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

WASHINGTON, d. G., March IT,
Mr.. w. w. Danenhower yesterday
received two letters from his son,
Lieutenant John Danenhower, of the
Jeanette Arctic exploring expedi-
ton. Thefirst oneisdated at Bulun,
mouth of the Lena, November 8,
1881. There is added . postscript
dated at Yakoutsk, December IL.
Tie trip up the river from Bulun TO
Yakoutsk occupied thirty-six days
and was made on sleds with does,
reindeer and horses. Lieutenant
Danenhower describes the journey as
one full of severe hardships. There
were stations at intervals on the way
constructed of logs. He describes
the last one of these, seventeen
miles from Yakoutsk, the best one
of the lot, as a small log building
with COW shed attached. 1t con-
tanned one room, in which were
about twenty people when his party
arrived. In the center was the body
of a horse that had been killed for
food and brought into the room to
thaw out. During the night that
the party stopped at the hut, Jack
Cole, the boatswain, while laboring
under alteration of mind, got up
and started out to walk TO New York
to see his wife. The thermometer
was six degrees below zero. 1t re-
quired all Of Lieutenant Danenhow-
er's persuasive powers to induce him
to come back in to the hut.
At Yakoutsk, Lieutenent Danen-
hover says, he found a man who
understood French, and was taken
to the Governor, who treated him
with great kindness and considera-
ton. He detailed a lieutenant, with
instruction to give the wants of the
party special attention. They were
quartered at small hotel, conducted
on the American plan. Lieutenant
Danenhower spoken of his stay in
Yakoutsk as having been exceedingly
pleasant and comfortable under the
circumstances.
On December 24th the Governor
sent an officer to Lieutenant Danen-
hover to ask him at what time the
Christmas festivities usually begin
in America, and when informed it
was usual to commence on Christ
mas Eve, he sent his sleigh for the
party to come to his residence for
supper and to spend the evening,
In speaking Of the terrible voyage
of theparty, Lieutenant Danenhower
says they had to travel 700 miles
over the ice from the ship to the
mouth of the Lena. They landed in
shoal water, and were compelled to
wade two miles to land. They were
forced to travel 100 miles further
before they reached shelter, and he
says he was up FIVE days and four
nights without sleep or rest He
mentions the fact that out of the
thirty-three comprising the crew
and officers of the Jeannette, only
thirteen are known to be living and
one is known to be dead.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

REPORTS from the lower Mississip-
pi country show that suffering and
loss there is very great, and that the
situation is growing worse every day.
Thousands of families are utterly
destitute and on much of the over
flowed land it will be impossible TO
make a crop this year.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15
Getting Used to it by This Time.

AcToN, Mass, March ST
noise ofthe explosion of the PowJ
Works yesterday was heard TWEEN
miles. No one was killed. h
Frank Wilson, an employe. v,
blown 1O0yards, alightinguniniur
in the canal. This is the fourteen
explosion in the same mill, and 4
only one in which no lives werelo
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

Mr.. JOHN w. GARRETT, for about
the fortieth time, has announced
that the Hempfield road, leading
from Connellsville to Wheeling, will
be finished in the near future.
When the near future arrives we'll
make a note of it.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

KEEN eyed prophets see a war
cloud on the European horizon that
will soon envelop Russia and Aus
tria, and probably the balance OF
Europe. War between the two first
named powers is said to be inevita-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

The vicksburg Herald says /:
2 State rights, that is, the right of
Southern States to put their. shoul-
ders to the wheel and help them
selves out OF a difficulty, is knocked
higher than kite by piteous APP
peals for Government assistance. "
There is true pride for you, but all
citizens should take an equal pride
in seeing that the wants of suffering
humanity are so relieved that such
piteous appeals need not be made.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

FARMERS and ranchmen through
out the West say that the present
winter was the best for stock of any
experienced for the last generation.
But little feeding was necessary, and
the stock is in fine condition.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

BUTTER is now being imported
into the United States from Holstein
in large quantities. 1t is said to be
a most excellent article and can be
sold cheaper than fancy dairy is
now rating. $50
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15


GENERAL N. M. CURTIS, of New
York, has been indicted by George
w. Curtis and other leading Inde-
pendents /" for collecting campaign
funds from the Federal office-hold-
ers during the last election cam
paign. General Curtis has been a
reformer and has fought Mr.. Conk-
ling and President Arthur in con-
ventions and at the polls, and has
always declaimed stoutly against
campaign assessments. But in the
mutations of politics he found him
self at the head of the campaign
committee in New York. There he
discovered how necessary money
was for the conduct of a campaign,
and at once he began to assess the
Fecaal Office. .hold.s. This out
ragged the finer feelings of his reform
brethren and they have had pros
ecution commenced against him.
Over four hundred witnesses have
been summoned, and altogether
General Curtis is having rather a
warm time of it. This clear case
Of dog eating dog.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

OFFICIAL statistics show that since
last March 1898 bushels of pota-
toes, valued at s5Ss, ,46l have been
imported into this country from Ire.
land. Scotland and Nova Scotia.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

The Republicans of Lycoming
county last week elected delegates
to the State Convention, and in
structed them to vote for General
James A. Beaver for Governor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

IT is reported from Washington
that the cancer Of the tongue, with
which Senator Ben Hill is suffering,
is developing rapidly and that he
cannot live long.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

IT is a mistake to say that the
Democrats learn nothing.-M y.
Tribune.
1t is safe to say the Democratic
party learned in 1872 just what the
Republican party is learning in
1SS2-that the New York Tribune is
better as an open enemy than as an
unwise or pretended friend. A
friend by profession and traitor by
practice is about the attitude Of the
Tribune toward the Republican par
ty.-Inter- Ocean.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

HoS. SIMON CAMERON celebrated
his eighty-third birthday last week
in Florida, where he is now on a
visit. The venerable statesman is
as hale as most men at fifty.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

DuaIsG tbs first four months Of
the present fiscal year there was q
large inc11sse in the receipts from
internal revenne. Lately there has
been . perceptible decrease, which
is attributable tc&he agitation look-
ing to reduction of the taxes on
spirits and tobscco. Dealers in
these articles viii not invest nndi It
is definitely settled what the rate of
taxation is to be. The longer Con-
gress dawdles over the matter the
greater will be the loss of revenue.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

LAREDo, Texas, March 9.-The
most important event in the IA lway
history Of America took place here
yesterday. The first International
and Great Northern train crossed
the Rio Grande river. This is the
inst standard gauge track to enter
old Mexico. The river banks ON
both sides were lined with enthusi-
aslic spectators. The party was
ehaperoned by Superintendent Jo-
seph Kerrin, Of the International,
sad consisted of Gen. w. L. Sher-
man, Gen. Poe, Col. Morrow, visit
ors. Major Sumner, post commander,
and wife and attendants, including
the Misses Teal, of Syracuse, n. T.,
aud Hughes, Of Bridgeport, Conn.
The American interests were repre-
sented by the railway and local off,
cials of this city and county. A
large number of Mexican officials
and dignitaries were in attendance.
Among the congratulatory messages
sent was the following
LAREDO, Texas.
To III. II. Hoxie, General Manager,
81. Louis, No.:
Was very lucky to reach San An
tonic last night in time to accompa-
ny Mr.. Herdin to Laredo. We
nave crossed the Rio Grande on the
new bridge, and | congratulate you
all on this most important interna-
tional event.
tSignedl W. 7. SHERMAN,
General.
Hunter, Semple & Wells have
occupied thirty-six miles of the road
beyond and have 300 teams at work
and have 800 more en- route to the
front for the next tbirtv-six miles.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-15

The Democratic Governor Of Ar
kansas has had hard luck. 1t was
discovered that he was about $780,
600 in debt to the State, and he,
with great show of indignation.
demanded IAN immediate and
searching investigation" He got it,
and the committee by whom it was
made report that the charge is true,
and show by a system of double
entry bookkeeping that the Cover
nor has expended something over
100000 that be cannot account Cor.
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cabin situated on an elevation which
has never been oyerfowed, and /
thought never would be. Some
days ago the Mississippi began to
rise and I stopped my childrt n from
going to school, fearing they would
be drowned in the bayoas with
which that county abounds. had
several head Of cattle further down
the river, and ]. brought them home
for a like reason. NY wife got very
uneasy, and suggested that we had
better go to Arkansas City or Little
Rock. as she felt in her bones, that
there would be a big flood. I
laughed at her fears, but it was not
long before / felt that / had better
haye followed her advice, for in a
short time the rising water cut off
communication ip every direction.
One night over q week ago we went
to bed oppressed With dread, though
I still thought the water would fall.
I had secured . dug-out and intend.
ed to make an effort to reach Arkan-
sas City with my family unlees
there was . change by the next
morning. It began raining early in
the evening and by the time night
set in the rain was coming down in
torrents. I.-think- it sgas about 10
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