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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
Fatal Cyclone in Missouri.

SPRINGFIELD, November Short
ly after 2 o'clock Monday afternoon
this city was visited by destruc-
tive cycione. The storm struck the
woolen mills, destroying portion
of the buildings, doing great dam
age To the machinery and injuring
several employees. 1t then passed a
little to the north, demolishlng
"a numDer of residences. Striking
Division street, ut the corner of Ben
neville street, the storm followed IL
line between the city proper and
North Springfield for three blocks,
leyeling dwellings in both town9.
Then tending a little to the north
ward, the tornado passed to Bridge
ton, suburb of North Springfield.
ST Mary's Catholic church was
wrecked. Hazel Dell, Il school house
west of this city, was blown down.
There were fifty children in the
building, but none of them were
seriously hurt. Their escape was
most miraculous. The path of the
storm was only few yards in width
but wherever it struck the ruin was
complete.
THE KILLED AND INJURED.
The following is a list of the kill
ed: Mrs. Andrew Arnquist, Mrs.
Dunlay, Mrs. Holbeiles, Mrs. Fin
ney and Miss Edmondson. The
seriously injured are Mrs. W. IL.
Pennells, hip broken; Mrs. Mary
Jackson, back hurt, dangerously
J. A. Walter, scalp wound, otherwise
hurt, condition critical young
cousin of Miss Edmondson, crushed
it is thought will die; Mrs. Penning-
ton, head hurt Miss Emma Berry
bruised Mrs. Aiken leg amputated,
recovery doubtful Mrs. Won Hun
tel, head hurt, it is thought fatally
two of her children were also in
jured. Thirty buildings were de-
stroyed and nearly 200 others dam :
aged. The total loss is from $780,
900 to 5000. 600.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
His Last Hunt,

KINGSTON, O., Nov 9.-Matthew
Whalen, one of the most prominent
citizens of this county. met with a
shocking death while out with a
party Of friends hunting. He was
crossing a roadway made of rails
when he tripped and discharged his
gun. The contents entered his legs
ard shattered them terribly. Before
his comrades could reach him he
bled to death. He was married only
ten months ago.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
A Fearful Crash.

COLUMBUS, November S.-An ac-
cident occurred on the Pan Handle
Railroad at Rockport, one mile west
of Newark, last night. A Pan Han
die freight train had just taken
siding, and the brakeman had left
the switch standing open, when the
Baltimore and Ohio passenger train
leaving Columbus at 9p. M, ran into
the freight, making fearful wreck.
Engineer Matthews, of Columbus,
and a fireman, whose name was not
learned, both of the passenger train,
were instantly killed. Two other
persons received injuries from which
they will die. The track was cleared
in an hour. In the collision Davis,
the engineer, and Frank Powell, the
fireman of the Pan Handle freight
train, were both badly hurt and it is
thought cannot recover. David Will
son, a baggageman of the Baltimore
and Ohio train, received a severe
cut. The name of the fireman of the
Baltimore and Ohio train who was
killed was John Kennedy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
Dragged to Death by a Frightened
Cow.

EAsroS, November S.-A two-year
old son of John Marshall, of Bangor.
met with terrible death at that
place yesterday. A daughter of Mr.
Marshall aged about 13 years, had
been in the habit of leading her
fathers Alderney cows to water with
a strap Yesterday she took her
little brother with her and fastened
one end of the cows strap to the
child's arm. After they had gone
some distance the animal became
frightened and ran away, dragging
the little fellow over the ground af-
ter her, breaking one of his arms
and otherwise injuring him SO bad
ly that he died within ten minutes
after the occurrence. The cow must
have stepped on the boy, as the i'm
print of her hoof is on his breast,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
MINNESOTA SECURE.

ST. PAUL, November Official
returns from six counties, partial re-
turns and estimates from about 80
counties. and estimates based upon
the election two wears ago from the
remaining l0counties gives Hubbard
1900 majority and the rest of the
Republican ticket about 1900.
These figures viii not vary much
from the official.
The Democratic majority in the
Legislature Of New Jersey has been
reduced considerably, though Alb
bett was elected Governor by the
Democrats with from 1000 to 5000
majority, OF course the Bourbons
carried Mississippi.
In Virginia the Democratic major
ity on the State ticket is 10000, with
a Bourbon majority in the Legisla-
ture, on joint ballot. OLA
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
From Black to White

HUNTINGDON. November S.-Mrs
Julia Morrison, a respectable color.
ed woman living in Carbon town.
ship, this county, has undergone a
complete transformation in her col
or, and is no " indistinguishable from
the fairest Caucasian. About two
years ago white spots began to pre-
sent themselves on her face and
arms, and increased in number
and size until they covered her
whole person. Mrs. Morrison is the
mother of SIX children, has always
borne an unblemished character and
the singular physical phenomenon
to which she has been subject puz.
zles all physicians who have exam.
ined the case.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14

ALBANY, n. Y. November IL
Governor Cleveland yesterday grant
ed pardon to two men who for Is
years have been suffering under a
life sentence for a crime of which
they were not guilty. The story Is
of the most extraordinary character.
In the summer of 1865 Thomas
Howard and James Z. Sherwood
entered the house of an old man
living in Livingston county and beat
and robbed him. They were over
taken and arrested on charges of
housebreaking just as they were on
the point of boarding Panama
steamer in New York harbor, but
before they could be lodged in the
Livingston county Jail tue old man,
the victim of their robbery, died.
The charge was then changed to
murder in the first degree and the
prisoners were sentenced to life i'm
prisonment. Recently the District
Attorney who prosecuted them wrote
to Governor Cleveland, stating that
when the case came before him he
was a young lawyer with few briefs.
Flushed by recent political pre-
ferment and being ambitious of
making a record, he did these men
wrong which he does not hope to
expiate in this world. The physi-
clan who made the postmortem ex
animation, he wrote, reported to him
that the old man died of lingering
consumption, and the slight violence
that he suffered at the hands of
Sherwood and Howard had not the
remotest connection with his death.
The Prosecuting Attorney requested
the physician. who was his personal
friend and and irresponsible quack,
to never make the result public, and
Immediately drew up papers charg-
ing the prisoners with murder in the
first degree.
The two men, ignorant of their in
nocence of the charge and frightened
at the prospect of the gallows, went
before the judge and pleaded guilty
and were hustled off to the Albany
prison in the fall of 1865, precisely
eighteen years ago, and locked up
for life. Both men, shattered in
body, and with little hope for the
future, have gone west to try and
create anew a place for them in the
world
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14

CHAIRMAN PILE is entitled to the
congratulations of the Republicans
of the county for his management of
the campaign. In an off year, with
the Encouragement Of last year de-
feat, with apathy and distrust in the
ranks, and almost without funds, he
succeeded in rolling up a majority
beyond the hopes of the most san
guine. OF course, he had good help
in the townships, but it was his work
and management that inspired con-
fidence and stirred up the workers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
Thanksgiving Proclamation.

Governor Pattison last evening Is
sued the following Thanksgiving
proclamation: p
In the name and by the authority OF
the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania, Robert L. Pattison, Gov.
of the said Commonwealth,
Thanksgiving proclamation:
1t is fitting that a people should
pause amidst the enjoyments OF
prosperity to gratefully acknowledge
the Divine author of their blessings.
Now, therefore, /, Robert 4. Patti
son, Governor of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, do recommend
Thursday, the 29th day of November,
A. ID. 1888, as a day OF thanksgiving
and prayer.
During the past year our State ana
the common country have been
marvellously exempted from calami-
ty. We have continued to preserve
relations of concord with all COM
munities of men. No part of our
people has been seriously afflicted
with disaster. Our industries have
thriven and our harvests been boun-
tiful. The toll of the laborer has not
been in vain, and the rewards OF
thrift are everywhere manifests.
Tumult and dlssensions have been
averted, quiet has dwelt with plenty,
and our Republic OF States has con-
tinued to live in the undlminished
affections of the people. Conscience
and reason alike teaches that these
blessings have not resulted from
chance, but are due to the goodness
of the Supreme God of the universe.
That they may be our continuing
heritage we should manifest CRATE
ful spirit of thanksgiving to their
gracious Giver. To praise for past
blessings we should also add devout
entreaty for their continuance and
the amelioration of the lot of those
whom misfortune and poverty op-
press. The destitute, the unemploy-
ed, and the stricken should have
remembrance in our prayers.
In conformity, therefore, with the
uniform custom, sanctioned by the
religious sense of our States To ap-
point general days of thanksgiving
and prayer, | issue this proclama-
ton. Given under my hand and
the great seal of the Commonwealth,
this 9th day of November, A. D..
1888, and of the Commonwealth the
one hundred and eighth,
By the Governor,
ROBERT +. PATTIsoN.
". S. STENGER,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
A Fight With Thieves.

LANCASTER, Pa, Nov. S.-Hollin-
gers's store, at Lincoln, this county,
was robbed last night. Early this
morning a large posse of men start,
ed in pursuit of the thieves, who
were rightly supposed to be Buzzard
and his gang, a notorious band OF
thieves, Il number of whom with
Buzzard recently escaped from the
Lancaster Jail. They came upon the
thieves on the edge OF the Welsh
mountain, and a running fight en-
sued between the two bodies, over
fifteen shots being fired on both
sides. John Clifford, one of the es-
capped prisoners, was cut off from
the rest of the party, and captured.
Abe BUzzard, the leader, was shot,
and is supposed to have been seri-
ously injured from the blood left on
his trail. A young man named
Bard, one Of the pursuing party,
was shot in the face and neck with
bird shot, and seriously, perhaps fa-
tally injured. The thieves succeeded
in getting into the mountain and
eluding capture for the time being
but as the whole country is being
secured with armed men their cap
ture is considered matter of a short
time only. Clifford was lodged in
jail tonight. He states that there
are at least six of the escaped pris-
oners depredating in the vicinity of
the Welsh mountain. Clifford at
the time of his arrest, had narrow
escape from being lynched, owing
to the shooting of young Bard.
Ropes were provided by some of the
party, but cooler heads dissuaded
them. Clifford revealed the hiding
place of large amount of stolen
goods, which have been recovered.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14

THE official returns from the State
of New York are not all in yet, but
it is definitely known that Carr,
Republican, for Secretary of State,
is elected by nearly 1900 majority,
and that the Republicans have car
ried both branches ofthe Legislature,
securing a majority of 6 in the SEN
ate. and Is in the House. The other
State officers are Democratic. The
magnitude of this victory can be un-
derstood when it is remembered that
Cleveland, Democrat was elected
Governor last year, by nearly 200,
600 majority.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
The Fat womans Body sold.

BALTIMORE, November S.-The
report that Moses, the husband of
the fat woman who died suddenly
in this city two weeks ago, had sold
her body to Dr. Hill. a resident ply
sician here, is a fact. Moses called
several times on the day of his wife's
death, offering her body for sale. and
it was finally bought by DR.. Hill
on the importantly of Moses, who
gave as an excuse for his mercenary
proposal that he was in great pover-
ty and needed money. The remains
are still in the grave at Mt. Olive
cemetery and will not be taken up
until some time in December.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14

AFTER the disheartening result of
last years treachery, the Republi-
cans of Pennsylvania have good
cause for rejoicing over the outcome
of last Tuesdays election Itshows
the State to be in front of the col
umn for 1884, and carries with it the
certainty that her Republicans are
still true to their convictions. In
the face of last year's defeat, and of
the chilling October blast from Ohio,
ii is invigorating to have the old
State again proclaim, with no uncer-
tain sound, her fidelity to her glori-
Gus traditions.
Although the result is not umex-
pected, 1t is more decisive than was
anticipated. Torn by rivalries and
distracted by divisions, one of the
ablest, purest and most patriotic of
her Republican citizens was last year
sacrificed. the State was turned over
to the tender mercies of a rayenous
Democracy. and an untried, un-
known fledgling was placed in the
Executive chair, with a majority of
his partisans in control of the House.
A brief years experience has brought
home to the people the bitter fruits
OF their folly, and in an unmistaka-
bic manner they have rebuked the
idiocy, the crimes and the profigacy
of an accidental Democratic admin
istration. The lesson has been a
costly one to the tax payers. and we
think viii last them for a generation
at least.
With the State redeemed and dis,
enthralled, we go forward with per-
feet assurance that all will be well
with US, in the great Presidential
battle of next wear.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
A Furnace to Blow Out.

HUNTINGDON, November 9.-Lucy
furnace, situated in Orbisonia, this
county, will blow out in three weeks.
The furnace is owned by John
Whitehead, the coal operator of this
city, who has taken this step in con-
sequence Of the present reduction
in the price of iron. The furnace
gives employment to a large number
of men, who are dependent on this
as their only means of livelihood.
Expressions of apprehension are
current lest the coming winter shall
prove a very severe one to the poorer
of the community.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
NUTMEG LEGISLATURE.

HARTFORD, Conn, November T.
Connecticut elects eleven Republican
Senators and one Democratic Sena-
tors. Senators holding over, five
Republicans, seven Democrats. The
Senate now stands Is Republicans,
5 Democrats The lower House,
with ten towns to hear from, which
was last year evenly divided, stands
145 Republicans, 80 Democrats, and
one tie. Republican majority 81 !;
on joint ballot 60.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14

In Virginia, the Bourbons downed
Malone and the Readjusters by a
large but as yet unknown majority,
which may probably reach 3o,OOo.
The Legislature will have probable
Bourbon majority of 35 on joint bal
lot. The fight was made on the race
issue, and the election was inaugu-
rated by the murder of nearly score
of negroes at Lynchburg, on the Sat
urday preceding. By the return of
Virginia to the Bourbon ranks, the
South is again made solid.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14

AFTER the bitterest contest IN her
history, the Republicans have re-
deemed Massachusetts,, and have
showed Ben Butler under by a ma
iority exceeding 10000. At Tewks-
bury. when the good news was re-
ceived, the crowd joined in singing
the Doxology-"Praise God from
whom all blessings flow"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
A storekeeper RiddIed with Bullets

ALGoNA, Iowa, November TO-
While G. Miles, of Wright County,
was closing his store last night, he
was fred upon by two masked men,
with the evident intention of robbing
him. Five bullets pierced his body
-one entering his lungs and anoth-
er lodging in his thigh. Two others
broke both his arms. At last ac-
count Miles was still alive. The
excitemement over the event is
marked. A posse is I'D search of
the assailants.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
PENNSYLVANIA TOTALS.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. Com
plete returns from all the counties
in the State give the Republican
ticket, Pills majority. In other
words, the Republicans carry the
State outside of the city by upwards
of 800
ALBANY, \. Y, Nov. THE
Argus estimates elect the Democratic
State ticket, except Maynard, by TO-
600 majority. Carr's majority is
about 10000. The Republicans
have 19 Senators and 20 Assembly
men.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
Murdered by a Burglar.

FOREST, Ohio, November 9.-At 1
o'clock this morning Mr.. Speidel,
baggage master at the depot, called
on the marshal to aid him in the ar
rest ofa burglar in NJ. w. Cages
store. Speidel entered the window
of the store and was shot and fatally
wounded by the burglar. The latter
was arrested and recognized as Mau.
rice Hally, resident of this place
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
Mormon Converts from Abroad

CHICAGO, Nov. ia company of
Mormon converts passed through
this city to-day OH their way to
Utah, in charge of several elders and
high priests. The converts were
watched very closely while here, lest
the attractions of the city should
cause some of them to forget their
newly-adopted faith. They were all
foreigners, upon low-brown visages
scattered along the seats denoted
ignorance and brutality. This party
makes 5000 converts sent West since
January l.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14

We are especially gratiied at the
success of Z. Harper Jeffries, the
Republican nominee for Controller
of the City Of Philadelphia. His
worthiness and competency were not
questioned, but the Committee of
One Hundred Bosses, concluded
that the Democrats should have the
Controller in the great Republican
City of Philadelphia, and the Press
and other leading Republican pa
pers, hadn't the sand to oppose their
autocratic decree. But, notwith-
standing, $4,000 was expended by
the Committee for the Democratic
nominee, and the leading" Repub-
lican papers, like dumb dogs, open
ed not their mouths" Mr.. Jeffries
was successful by 1 LII of a majority,
over Mr.. Page, who was appointed
by Governor Pattison as his successor
when he vacated that office for the
Gubernatorial chair.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
The London Explosion.

LONDON, November 11.-Iti is rumor-
ed that the police have discovered
proofs that the recent explosion in
the Underground Railway was the
work of New York dynamiters. The
rumor, however, is not confirmed.
The police are reticent, but seem
hopeful that the clues obtained will
lead to the detection of the guilty
persons.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14

MARYLAND went Democratic of
course. The majority for Mclean,
Dem. for Governor, is 1909, and
the Democratic Legislative majority
on Joint ballot is 81.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
DWELLING HOUSE
ID EGISTER'S NOTICE.

Noticeis hereby given to all persons concerned
as legatees creditors, or otherwise that the fol
lowing accounts have passed register and that the
same will be presented for confirmation aud al
lowance at an Orphans Court to be held at som
erset December l3, 1883
l. First and final account of James NJ GETTY.
administrator, etc, OF Mary f.. GETTY decd
z. Second and final account of Samuel j. Llch.
ty, administrator Of Daniel l.. Beachy. decd
J. Second and hnal account of john ) Blough
executor of Samuel Blougn, dec'dJ
Account OF Herman Younkin, trustee for the
sale OF the real estate Of Elijah Crossen decd
.: First and final account OF l.. A Kretchman
Kretchman, decd
2. FIRST and hnal account of Ross M'Clintoek
administrator OF Jno. NJ. q. Holiday, decd
heg,ster oince, A. A. SrUTZMAN,
No'. l., Ios5.N Register.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14

The Democrats carried New Jersey,
as usual, electing Abbott, Governor,
by majority of 600. The Senate
stands II Republicans, 9 Democrats !;
House, "a Democrats, 26 Republi-
pans
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
RESULT IN VIRGINIA.

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. Semi.
official returns give the State to the
Democrats by about 10000 majority.
General Malone and his friends
conceded this. The Legislature will
be controlled by the Bourbons by
IA majority on joint ballot. The
Senate stands "a Democrats and l6
Readjusters, and the House stands
six in favor Of the Democrats. 1t is
thought that the official returns
viii not materially change these
figures.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14

CHAIRMAN HEysEL's Lancaster In
teliigencer, calls the Independents OF
last year, Hogs" This, we presume,
because they wouldn't feed on the
husks he thre W them.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14

The result of the election in Con-
necticut shows large Republican
gains in both branches of the Legis.
lature. The Democrats were COM
pletely routed in their strongholds,
Hartford and New Haven.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
MurderOus Assault.

EvERsoN, November 11.-This
evening a man named Noble called
at the door of John Cauley, Of Scott
dale, and after talking to him few
minutes struck him several times
with hatchet cutting into the the
skull, infiicting wounds which may
prove fatal. 1t is supposed the
objeck of the assault was robbery
as Cauley was supposed to have
money about him. Noble lit out
and parties are searching to him in
all directiens
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14

THOUGH the breach in the party
last wear was not as wide as a church
door. nor as deep as a well, it served
to teach the Republicans Of the State
that there can be no gain in throw
ing away principles, and seeking
success by following the lead OF
demagogues. Pattison's administra-
ton has put quietus on similar at
tempts for a decade at least.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14

The Harrisburg Patriot demands
the dismissal of all Republicans that
have been retained in Office under
Pattison's administration. This is
In accordance with Democratic ideas
of civil service reform-keep all our
fellows in, but kick the other fellows
out.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14

In the only speech he made dur
ing the canvass, Lieutenant Gov
ernor Black asserted that "the issue
in Pennsylvania is Cameron" Won
der if he thinks so vet?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14

UP till last week the Democratic
blowhards claimed Pattison's cleo
ton as a party victory; they now
admit that it was brought about by
divisions in the Republican ranks.
What an eye-opener good round
majority is!
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14

IT goes without saying that the
Democrats carried Mississippi. The
joint Legislature will stand 100
Democrats to % Republicans and
Independents.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
Bolu Robbery in Pittsburg.

PITTsDURG, November SIT is evil
dent that a gang of expert thieves is
working in this locality. This week
three extensive robberies have been
committed. The boldest one was
the breaking open of the safe of
Samuel Schultz, a storekeeper, a
few miles from the city, early this
morning.