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81 have been afflicted with an Affection
of the Throat from childhood. caused by
diphtheria, and have used various reme-
dies, but have never found anything
equal to BROWNS BRONCHIAL TRO-
CHEs."-Rec. q. u. +. Hampton, PiketoR,
Ky. Sold only in boxes.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-29

PARIS, Nov 28.-The decree resembling
the prohibition of the importation OF
American pork into France is published
in the official gazette.
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The Slave Decree Gazetted.

MADRID, Nov. 2S.-The decree abolish
ing the right of Cuban shareholders to
punish slaves with stocks and letters is
gaZetted to-day.
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S. 500 Lost at Three Card Monte

MADISON, IND, Nov. 2S.-Nathaniel
Lee, an aged and respected farmer, was
to-day swindled out of $500 by three
card monte game.
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AUGUSTA, GA, Nov. 28-James Multi
gan, farmer residing near this place,
was killed this morning by being thrown
from his wagon. His mules ran away
and dragged him for some distance.
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rrlPGIA AND FLORIDA.
-,-r,rS OF THE TWO STATES
T0rD N PARAGRAPHS.

-.r- statistics Concerning the
Georgia Conference Atlanta
reschers to Work Without Pay
->..d Three Negroes in Wagon
.lrrn Train Near Albany.
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Servia Still Melting out Punishment.

BELGRADE, Nov. 2S.-The trials and
executions of persons engaged in the re-
cent insurrection continue. A rich mer-
chant of Zaitschara has been shot for
taking part in the revolt.
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ST. }. /. Daniels, Mcintosh, Ca. says:
- Gowns Iron Bitters relieved my sister
- -eneral debility and dyspepsia
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EX-GOvERNOR BRoOME
C0rrespondence of a. INornfnn Neans

died in VOlusia county last week at the resi-
dence OF his SON. He filled the Gubernatorial
char just previous to the war, but for a num-
Der OF years past has resided in the city of
New York.
A load Of grain has been received by rail
the excellent connections we now enjoy with
the West.
Your readers speak in the most compli-
mentary terms of the splendid appearance
made by your Sunday issue, both as to the
quantity and quality Of the reading matter.
Your full and comprehensive columns of tele-
graphic news are also greatly appreciated.
W II r.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-01-10
The Hawaiian Ministers Funeral.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-The funeral
of the late Hawaiian Minister, Elisha
H. Allen, took place this morning
-om All Souls Church, The Presi-
fenI and members of the Cabinet
rere seated in the second and third
pews. adjoining those set apart for
the Diplomatic Corps. All the for
eign legations were represented,
many of the members accompanied
by ladIes, All the ladies were attired
in black. The members of both the
Senate and House committees on
foreign affairs were present in a body
The Justices OF the Supreme Court,
Senators and Representatives in
Congress and other officials were
assigned to seats in the body of the
church. The wives of members of
the Cabinet were to the right of the
main aisle. The honorary pail bear
ers were Stephen Preston, Aristarchi
Bey, Count Lewenhaupt, Viscount
Das Nougerrlas, Senior Don Francis
co Barca, l.. ;. Sackville West and
Cheng Ssao ia, the Chinese Minister.
The casket was carried by six young
mel and placed in front OF the pull
pit. The place of final interment
has not been definitely settled. but
the remains will be temporarily
placed in the vault at Mount Auburn
CemeterY. near Boston.
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The Bad anu Worthless

are never imitated or conaterteited.
This is especially true of a family
medicine, and it is positive proof
that the remedy initiated is of the
highest value. As soon as it had
been tested and proved by the world
that Hop Bitters was the purest,
best and most valuable family med
icine on earth. many limitations
sprung up and began 10 steal the
notices in which the press and peo-
pie of the country had expressed the
merits of Ii. B., and in every way
trying to induce suffering invaiids TO
use their stuff instead, expecting to
make money on the credit and good
name of III. B. Many Others started
nostrums put up in similar style to
III. B., with variously devised names
In which the word Hop or "Hops'
were used in a way to induce people
to believe they were the same as Hop
Bitterss All such pretended rem
edies or cures, no matter what their
style or name is, and especially those
with the word Hop" or Hops" in
their nameo or in any way connected
with them or their name, are imita-
tons or cGunterfeits. Beware of
them. Touch none of them. Use
nothing but genuine Hop Bitters,
with "a bunch or cluster of green
Hops on the white label. Trust
nothing else. Druggists and deal
ers are warned against dealing in
limitations or counterfeits.
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Reyburn. would have been folly or
worse.
In twice voting for Senator Lee,
Mr.. Longenecker showed his desire
for harmony, but when he knew, as
is now openly admitted, that If he
had permitted his vote to stand for
Mr.. Lee, the Democrats would on
the next ballot have gone over to
him and thus have prevented an
organization by the Republicans, he
simply did mis- duty, as an honest
man, by changing his vote. If Mr..
Longenecker committed any error,
il was il voting for Mr.. Lee at all.
Mr.. Reyburn was an unexceptiona-
BILE candidate, against whom roth
ing was said or can be urged, other
than tina he was the choice of a large
majority of Republican Senators,
and was therefore distasteful to the
four or FIVE implacable lndepend-
ents who would destroy the party If
they could. because they cannot rule
it.
The folly of attempting to placate
the bosses of the independents, is by
this time, we think, apparent to all
observing men. The more that is
conceded, the more is demanded.
They will not be consolidated except
on their own terms, and ordinary
manhood revolts at the uncondition
al surrender of a majority to a hand
full of malcontents.
Mr.. Longenecker vas elected as a
Republican, and Is expected to rep
resent, not a faction. but the Repub-
lican part, of this district. We
would not have him attempt, either
to conciliate or to punish the indie
pendents. A straightforward, manly
course, looking neither to the right
or to tie left, but holding in view
the good of the State, of his col.stit-
uents, and the organization of the
party that elected him, is what is
expected by the Republicans OF
Somerset County. Ii the Iudepend-
ents size up to this position, well and
GOOD, il not, then he is not RESPONSE
ole.
As to his vote for Mr.. Reyburn,
we can assure him that it meets With
the appreciation of ali the Republi-
cans whose chosen representative be
.
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Vanderbilt scheme.

HARRIsBURG. Jan. 4.-It is said
here by thnss who know, that the
Southern Pennsylvania Road, Van
derbilt's * O, come into the Legisla-
ture tbs - ssion and ask for an inn
portaut privilege 70 enable them 20
cumpete with thu Pennsylvania Rail
road. It seems that there are two
routes from Harrisburg 10 Burnt
Cabins. Fulton county, y via
Siierman's Valley, the other via
Cumberland Valley. both equal,
rough The latter Is ten miles short
or than the former. running through
"a much richer, mineral and agriculi-
ural country. The old charter un
der which the right of way was Civ
en- to the DuDcannon and Broad TOP
Railroad, gives a valuable privilege
under the railroad law oflS49, which,
is more liberal than that at present
in force. 1t gives sixty-six feet right
of way while the new law gives only
sky feet. The charter prescrlbes
That the route shall be q rough Sher
mans Valley, and Vanderbilt wants
the shorter line through the Cum
berland Valley. As nearly as can
be learned, he viii try to get an act
passed allowing him to retain his
old charter rights and change his
route from Shermans to Cumberland.
or perhaps to build lines in both
valleys so as to secure the advan-
tages of both. Senator Wallace says
he knows nothing about the matter,
and is connected only with Wander
bit interests on the Northern side of
the State. The expectation is that
it will make a big fight if Vanderbilt
tries to get legislation against the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Tie annual report Of the superin
tendent of public instruction, pre-
scented to the legislature yesterday,
contains the following statistics F:
Number OF school districts in the
state. 2.2I5; number of schools 49,
1873: number vi graded schools, u
So. number OF school directors,
l6,625. number of superintendent,
102, numter male teachers, 9.051 /;
number female teachers, 1918;
average salaries of male teachers per
month, $50 u ; female teachers SIS
SO average length of school terms,
in months, 6.O9; number of pupils,
GIBBS; cost OF tuition, s4,S63.717-
81 cost of building, purchasing and
renting, s1,229, 232,04 cost of fuel,
contingencies and interests paid.
s2,05o.39i.64; expenditures of all
kinds. sS.263, pa 81; state appropri-
ations. Sl,0U0,000; value of school
property, SIS, 341,5 $50. As compared
with the proceeding year, the in
crease in humber of districts is =;
schools, 34S; graded schools, 500 /;
decreases Iii number of male teach
ers, 3OS; increased in number of
female teachers, 7S5; increases of
salery of male teachers, per month,
$40; decreases of salary of female
teachers, Ii cents increase of length
Of school term in months, IL, in
crease in number of pupils, 1886;
increase In average number of pu
pills, 1920; increase in cost of tut
ton, sl46,9O1.41 increase in cost of
building, purchasing and renting.
S22,220. 80; increase in cost of fuel,
contingencies, debt and interests
paid. S59,6l7.26 increase in value
of school property, s1,736,239. In
Philadelphia, at the close of the
school year, there were l02,1S5 pu-
pills in the schools, and the average
during the year was 81 1894. For
teachers, salaries amounted to ST.
033,03S.39. There was expended for
houses the sum of sS9,S76.59; and
for books, stationary, fuel and con-
tingencies, s370,3Si "a. The valua
ton Tor school property is placed at
S6,500.000 in Philadelphia.
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RALEIGH, January AS thirty
penitentiary convicts, mostly ne
groes, and TWO white guards engaged
at the Cowee tunnel on the Western
and North Carolina railroad in
Jackson county were crossing the
Tuckasugee river on Saturday morn
ing, one of the convicts discovered
that the fiat boat was leaking and
gave an alarm, which created a pam
ic. The men rushed to one end OF
the boat, bearing it down and it i'm
mediately sank. The Tuckasugee Is
there swift and deep with rapids
Just below. The men chung together
in knots. Those who could not
swim to those who could. Some
were carried in the rapids and
drowned there. Only twelve con-
victs were saved. One Of the guards
was washed ashore below the rapids
insensible, but after great difficulty
was restored to consciousness.
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A Rich Mountain.

DIR. Il. T. Brunette, Of Oakland,
California, recently purchased a
mountain in Santa Clara county as
a pasturage for his hocks. There
was a spring upon it, and the doctor
commenced to bore down in order
to get a better supply. Ia order to
get a level it was necessary to tun-
mel through the gray rock compos-
ing the mountain. The workmen
one day last week built a fire place
out of the Jumps of rock quarried,
and lighting a fire, We're surprised to
see the rock blaze sulphur. They
hurried out of the tunnel, believing
old Nick had arrived. The doctor
was informed of the circumstances,
and, on investigation, discovered
that the mountain was composed Of
sulphur, which, within ten feet of
the opening, developed into bright
yellow, yielding ninety SIX per cent
pure sulphur. The market value
of sulphur is twenty dollars per ton,
and il the rock holds out the mount
ain is worth a million.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-01-10

WI lay before our readers to-day
the last annual message of Governor
Hoyt. 1t contains many good points
and recommendations which are OF
interest to all citizens of the State,
and we advise all our readers to give
it a thorough perusal. The stump
speech with which he closes it, is in
bad taste and out OF place in a State
paper of this character. Governor
Hoyt cannot Justify his base deser-
ton of the party that made him
Chief Executive of the State, and his
parting fling at it, reminds us of the
story of the burly Scotchman whose
little wife was in the habit of broom.
sticking him. TO the inquiry of an
amazed neighbor, why be submitted
to such attacks, he replied: 1T dinna
hurt me. and it amuses her."
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BERLIN, January 3.-Seventy
houses have fallen ut B~edenheim Ii,
consequence of the floods. AT Rex
helm, Morsch. and 0ppan, ~ighty
houses have fallen in each place
from the same cause. At Vienna
the danger is serious, and prepare
tons are making to sound alarm
bells directly the dykes show signs
of yielding.
RoBsTADT, January 3.-This town,
with the exception OF the church and
houses of the clergy, is deeply sub
merged. The water in many houses
nearly reaches the roof. In Friesen-
helm, on the Rhine, the scene beg
gars description.
DUSSELDORF, January 3.-The
market square here is flooded to-
day.
MAYENcE, January 3.-The Rhine
has reached the height of $40 me-
tres. With great efforts a tranlway
has been laid TO bring earth for the
construction OF Il dam.
WIEsBADES. January 3.-Ten
thousand persons have been rend-
cred homeless by the floods in the
districts near Worms, and are il
danger of starvation.
GENEVA, january 3.-The railway
between this city and Belle Garde
has been washed away. Dilect rail
communication with France and
Italy is interrupted.
VIENNA, January 3.-The bridge
of boats at Ottensheim was washed
away to-day, with several persons
on them. The boats hoated down
and in an hour and a bali reached
Linz, where those ON board managed
to run them ashore.
The Danube has risen to a height
of 40 centimetres. A thousand
persons residing III the lower parts
of the city have been compelled to
leave their homes. Traffic on the
railway connecting Vienna with
Moravia is suspended. The large
railway bridge over the Danube has
been demolished, and the Vienna
terminus of the road is flooded.
LONDON, January A dispatch
from Wlesbaden reports 5000 per.
sons homeless at Ludwigshafen, q
900 at Mannheim, and 1900 al
WORMS. They are lodged in the
school houses and churches. More
dykes have broken at Mayence.
MANNHEIM, January 3.-The
town appears to stand on an 18th.
mus in the middle of a vast sea
The great Rhine dam gave away to-
night. A steamer and forty-five
boats rescued the people by torch
light The village of Triesenheim
has been deserted, and Il third of the
inhabitants of Oppan have aband-
oned their homes. Accidental re-
lief committees has been formed,
and it appeals for help for the suf-
I trrpTs-
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Congress Laborins IodustriousIy

WASHINGTON, January 5.-Con-
gress continues to work as If seized
by a sudden spasm OF virtuous in
dustry. The House to-day followed
up the good work of yesterday by
passing the District Appropriation
bill. The Senate passed the bill TO
give extra compensation TO certain
witnesses in the Star Route cases
and then took up the Presidential
Succe ssion hill at which it labored
for some hours without, however,
disposing of it. Mr.. Hoar made a
speech IN explanation OF bis plan OF
succession. He claimed hat II was
plan which had been suggested By
Mr. Madison at the time when the
law which at present governs the
succession was enacted, In 1892.
The discussion was participated in
by Senators Edmunds, Garland,
of Florida, and Morgan OF
Alabama.
Senator Edmunds moved to re-
commit the bill, with instruction TO
the committee to report a bill to reg
ulate the order of succession to the
Presidency, of the President pro tenn.
of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House, in the event of the death.
resignation or inability of the Presi-
dent or Vice President. The bill is
also to contain a provision directing
the Secretary of State, in case there
should be no President pro tenn. of
the Senate and no Speaker of the
House, to call both Houses of Con-
gress together within ten days to
elect their officers, he to act as Pres
ident in the interim. In the event
of his refusing to convene Congress,
both Houses are to assemble OF their
own volition within ten days from
the time a necessity arises to fill the
office of President. The motion
was pending when the Senate went
into executive session.
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triple Murderess-

ST. Louis, January "a dispatch
from Maryviile, No, referring to the
confession of Mrs. J. U. Stillwell, of
Mount Vernon, Ohio, that she muir
dered her former husband, Benja-
mine Sweigart, of Maryville, says
that Sweigart was found dead In
bed on Sunday morning, March 4,
1877, and that the testimony of two
physicians at the coroner's inquest,
was that his death was caused by
asphyxia, partly induced by stupor
resulting from excessive drinking
and partially from mechanical
cause. he having been found lying
on a feather bed, face downward,
and hat nothing was brought out
at the inquest in any way implicat-
ing his wife.
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Railroad Shops Burned.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 3.-Thec car repair
shop OF the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad at Mount Clair We're COM
.pletely destroyed by FIRE at a late
hour tonight, together with all the
contents, consisting of two Pullman
ears, eight new passenger coaches.
Vice President Spencer's private car,
and several coaches which were be
ing repaired. There were about two
hundred men employed in the shop,
all of when lost their tools. The
building was an old structure, prin-
cipally built Of wood, and was two
hundred feet long by eighty five feet
wide. The loss Is estimated at S10O-
600. The cause of the Ere is an
known. There was no insurance.
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THE civil service bill passed the
House without debate on Thursday
last, and needs only the Presidents
approval to become a law. A more
disgruntled set of politicians, than
are the Democrats, never winked at
each other. They were confident
that it would be strangled in the
House, and cannot now conceal
their chagrin over its passage.
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Visited by Fire.

PARKER. Pa, January Fire
broke out in the second story OF the
Duncan House last night at eight
O'Clock, and spread with wonderful
rapidity through the wooden build
ings. The Duncan House. a three
story frame on thu north. 0ttinger's
drug store on the south, and a
dwelling house on the west, were to-
tally destroyed, only the outside
walls standing. The fremen were
promptly on hand and worked man
fully. Five children asleep IN the
third story were rescued but a few
moments before the building was in
flames. An intoxicated man asleep
in the Duncan House narrowly es-
capped. The fire originated from an
open CRATE. Loss between $4,000 and
$1,000; partly covered by insurance
In eastern companies.
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The burden of the Democratic ar
gument, during the last campaign,
VAS TIE waste of public moneys by
the Republicans, and the useless
sinecure offices created and main
tanned by them at the State capital.
Reform, REFORM" was the watch
cry. Give us the power and we will
abolish all the useless offices and
conduct the government on a purely
business basis" The people gave the
House to the Democrats, and last
week they assembled at Harrisburg
to organize it. With them came also
a swarm of their hungry followers,
and 10! when the public was a-tip-
toe and a-gape with expectancy of
the sweeping reduction of useless
offices, to abolish which, the Demo
Gratis had so consuming a desire, it
was suddenly discovered hat all
these ~sinecures existed by virtue of
law, whose mandates required them
to be filled; moreover, if they were
not at once filled by their own
heelers and strikers, the Republican
incumbents would hold over. A COM
mittee has been appointed TO wres-
tie with this suddenly discovered
barrier to retrenchment, and the
public breathlessly awaits its re-
port.
The humbug of this is as thin as
water to the palate of a thirsty topper.
Did anyone suppose that these Off
ces existed outside the law? There
is no law commanding the creation
of a sinecure. They may be permit
ted, but they are not commanded.
If there are any useless offices and
the Democrats want to get rid of
them, all they have to do is to re-
move the incumbents. and refuse to
appoint others in their place. Let
us have no creeping behind fine
spun theories of a mandatory law.
If they meant anything by all their
promises of economy and reform let
US have Ii. The kicking out of a
few poor scrub-woInen, or pages, or
pastors and folders will be a pitiful
ending of so loud a cry for reform.
Let us have reform with a big r.
The people were promised it, they
voted for it, and they expect it. Pid-
ding economy is not reform.
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Fleeing From "A Fiery Death.

KNOXVILLE, ILL.,, January 4-St.
Mary's Episcopal school for young
ladies, at this place, was burned to
the ground early this morning.
Most of the one hundred scholars
Were asleep when the flames were
discovered. and had barely time to
escape when the alarm was given,
leaving their wardrobe and property.
Many escaped by ladders. Miss
Gillette, of Buffalo, Illinois, had a
leg broken, and Miss Aosford, of
Dubuque was seriously injured by
falling from 4 ladder. E. A. Keight-
ling, "a fireman., also fell and was in
iufed. No Others were injured, and
no loss of life occurred. though at
one time it seemed inevitable. The
loss ON the building is about s25,-
600, and Is fully insured The loss
of the youug ladies in properly viii
foot up about as much. The build
ing will be rebuilt.
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TIE Edmunds bill. to pre.

TIE Edmunds bill, to prepent and
punish compulsory political assess
ments, passed the Senate on Thurs
day last. Like all of Edmunds'
work, this is in good legal shape,
aud is free from the uncsnetitution-
al follies of the Beck bill.
1t forbids the levy ing and collea
ing of assessments or voluntary con
tributions by any officer of the gen
era government, appointed or elect
ed forbids anybody from collecting
or receiving money for political pur-
poses IN any government building.
and prohibits discharges from the
government service for non-payment
of such assessments. Adequate pun
ishments are of course provided for
any violation, but no nan is or ear
De forbidden to voluntarily give his
own earnings to any political party
or person.