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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-14
Farm Gates.

Have as few farm gates as possi-
BILE. Each one is an expense in its
construction and subsequent care.
1t never pays TO make a poor gate.
The frame should be constructed of
hard and lasting wood, with the Stats
of light but durable material, This
gate needs thorough bracing with
strips of wood, or better, rods Of iron,
which run from the bottom Of the
latch to the top Of the hinge-end. A
gate thus braced cannot sag, and it
Is impossible for it to get out of the
rectangular form. When finished, a
gate should be painted. The farm
cate should be wide enough 10 per-
nit the free passage of loads Of hay
and grain, 6eld rollers and bar
vesters.
A most important part is . large,
durable and we'll set post upon
which the gate is TO. be hung. The
hinge post should not be les than
eight inches square, and set at least
three and one half feet deep. The
earth needs to be rsmmed firmly
around the post. A first class gate II
expensive at the outset, but needs
very little attention afterward for
several years.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-14

the minister's neck. and he slid dowl
the steps, and the other deacon fel
all over the other three, and pa swor,
at them, and it was the worst look
ing lot of pious people | ever saw. ]
think if the minister had been in th'
woods somewhere, where nobody
could have heard him, he woulC
have used language. They all seem
ed mad at each other. The hired
girl told ma there was three trampl
out on the sidewalk fghting pa, and
ma she took the broom and started
to help pa, and / tried to stop ma
cause her constitution is not very
strong and l didn't want her to dc
any flying trapeze bizness, but ]
couldn't stop her, and she went ou,
with the broom. and a towel tied
around her head. Well, / donf
know where ma did strike, but when
she came in she said she had palpi.
tation of the heart, but that was not
the place where she put the arnica,
Oh, but she did go through the air
like bullet through cheese, and
when she went down the steps a
pumpity-bump, felt sorry for ma.
The minister had got so he could set
on the sidewalk, with his back
against the lower step, when ma
came sliding down and one of the
heels of her CATERS hit the minister
in the hair, and the ether foot went
right through between his arm and
side, and the broom like to push his
teeth down his throat. But he was
not mad at ma. AS soon as he saw
it was ma he said, "Why, sister, the
wicked stand in slippery places,
don't they ?" and ma she was mad
and said for him to let go her stock
ing, and then pa was mad and said
"look-a-here, you sky-pilot, this
thing has gone far enough, and then
a policeman came along and first he
thought they were all drunk, but he
found they were respectable, and he
got chip and scraped the soap off
them, and they went home, and pa
and ma got in the. house some way,
and Just then the letter carrier came
along, but he didn't have any letter
for US, and he didn't come onto the
steps, and then l went up stairs and
I said, PA, don't you think it is real
mean, after you and l fixed the soap
on the steps for the letter carrier,
and he didn't come on the steps at
ALL" and pa was scraping the soap
off his pants with a piece of shingle,
and the hired girl was putting lini-
ment on ma, and heating it in for
palpitation of the heart, and pa said.
'You dam idjut no more of this, or
I'll maui the liver out of you," and |
asked him if he didn't think soft
soap would helpa mustache to grow,
and he picked mas work basket and
threw it at my head, as l went down
stairs, end l came over here. Don't
you think my pa is unreasonable to
get mad at a little joke thathe plan
ned hisself?n
The grocery man said he didn't
know, and the boy went out with q
pair of skates over his shoulders,
and the grocery man is wondering
what joke the boy will play ON him
to get even with the cayenne pepper.
Packs Sun.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-14

AsHBURNHAN, Mass, Jan. IA, go.
l have been very sick over two
years. They all gave me up as past
cure. / tried the most skillful ply
sicians, but they did not reach the
worst part. The lungs and heart
would fill up every night and dis
bad. I told my children / never
should die in peace until ] had tried
Hop Bitters. / have taken two bot
ties. They have helped me very
much indeed. I am now well. There
was a lot of sick folks here who have
seen how they helped me, and they
use them and are cured, and feel as
thankful Is I do that there is 50 val
liable a medicine made.
MRS. JULIA G. CUSHING.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-14
Ocean Cables.

The machinery used for picking a
cable in both deep and shallow wa.
ter is of the most simple description
1t consists of a rope about an inch
and a quarter in diameter, made
from twisted hemp, with interviewer
wires of fine steel /; the grapnel al
the end is merely a solid shaft Of
iron some feet long, weighing about
100 pounds, and prolonged into six
blunt hooks, which very much re-
semble the partly closed FINGERS Of
the human hand. In picking up
the cable in deep water. the Minia,
after reaching the waters near the
break, lets out her rope and grapnel,
then takes course'at right angles to
the cable and at some distance from
the fracture, so that the broken end
may not slip through the grapnel,
the grapnel rope is attached to dY.
namometer, which exactly measures
the strain Of the rope, and shows
unerringly when the cable has been
caught. If the grapnel fouls a rock
the strain rises very suddenly and to
a high point; but the exact weight
of the cable being known. the dyna-
mometer signals by the steady rate
or increase its hold on the cable,
which is very far below. The ease
and certainty with which the cables
are picked up in these days is amaz-
ing. Awhile ago one of the lines Of
the Anglo American Company was
caught without trouble at . depth OF
two and quarter miles, near the
middle of the Atlantic. Captain
Trott, of the Nina, who has won
great fame for his skill and ingenui-
ty in cable matters, but recently
picked up the French cable $50
miles off st: Pierre, and in four hours
from the time the cable was spliced
and in good working condition.
The splicing is a work of great del
icacy and skill, and when accom-
plished by trained fingers, the splic-
ed part can scarcely be distinguish
ed from the main cord. So rapid
has been the improvement in per-
feeting the modern cable, that the
resistance to the electric current has
been reduced to one quarter of what
it was twenty years ago, while the
duplex system of sending and re-
ceiving messages double the capacity
of every new cable laid. The work.
ing age of the modern cable is about
thirteen wears.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-14

A recent bridess dowry included
a 81 900 set of false teeth. And her
husband when he speaks Of her
precious mouth knows what he Is
talking about.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-14

Sealskin Is 90 much in demand
this year that old ladies can have no
reasonable doubt as to what became
Of their cats.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-14

8 You can't judge Of thsvalue Of .
man BY his talk any more than you
can Judge of the va1ue Of the tree hy
II bask-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-14

Infinite toll would not enable you
to sweep away.a mist, bat BY ascend-
ing q little you may look over it al
together.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-14

Never leave what you undertake
until you can reach your arms
around it and cleEch your hands on
the Other side. - ia .esfss
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-17
AFnEuEKICK SCANDAL.

An Angry Husband Sues q Doctor for Sc
The following dispatch from Baltimore
to the Philadelphia Record relates to a
former resident of this city. The story,
however, seems to lack confederation
from the scene of the alleged occurrence :
"James &. G. King, well-known
citizen of Frederick, Nd, has instituted
suit against DR.. A. A. Roth, physician
of large practice there, claiming $40 900 for
the alleged seduction of Mrs. King. The
declaration asserts that the guilty couple
we're detected in flagrante delictu. 1t is
stated that DR.. Roth was summoned to
the King residence few days ago by a
note from Mrs. King, whom he had been
attending professionally, and that upon
entering the house Mr.. King met him,
armed with revolver and charged him
with having seduced his wife few days
previously. The doctor denied the charge
and appealed to the lady, but the latter
acknowledged her guilt. An exciting scene
ensued, but it is said tho affair was COM
promised upon the doctor handing over
his note for $1,000. The next day, how
ever, he sued out an injunction restraining
the holder of the note from using it, and a
further conference was held, at which it
to avoid publicity. But on Wednesday the
divorce suit was docketed. Every effort
has been made to suppress the scandal,
no allusion to it having yet been made by
the local press. All the parties involved
move in the highest social circles. and
some spicy revelations are expected"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-17
THE SWOLLEN WATEi,S.
Cincinnati Will Repair Her Own Lo

Cincinnati Will Repair Her Own Losses
The relief committee of tho chamber of
commerce Of Cincinnati announces that
the necessities of sufferers by flood in
Cincinnati have been and must be supplied
by their own citizens. Contributions
from outside cities will in the future, as in
the past, be applied to the relief Of the
suffering in other cities and adjacent ter
rltory. Eleven hundred dollars was rea-
lized from the benefit at the Grand opera
house by Mrs. Langtry and her company.
Heuck's opera house will give the entire
proceeds of a performance by the Hearts
Of Oah company. The canal boat Clipper
arrived from Hamilton with a load of
provisions. Among the receipts are
twenty-five barrels of biscuits from Phila-
delphia. and the odd contribution Of four
gross of stove polish from Chicago.
Cash subscriptions yesterday reached
$4,000, and $4,000 OF the city's sub
scription was paid over, making total to
date of Sill, 125. The immediate fear
now is of water famine. The supply in
the reservoir is sufficient for three or four
days only. There is but one engine (the
great Shields engine) available, and there
was an uncertainty about its action. 1t
bas never been used much. 1t was started
yesterday afternoon and worked admir-
ably. 1t ought to pump 100000 gal
Ions per day. Fire engines are employed
in forcing water iuto the mains through
the fire plugs. The river stood at 64 feet
45 inches from ten O'Clock until eleven,
but at half: past eleven had goue down to
64 feet q inches.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-17
LITTLE LOCALS.
Here and There and Everywhere.

Here and There and Everywhere.
Mayor MacGonigle discharged a couple
of dodgers this morning and Alderman
McGlinn sent drunken and disorderly
James Riley to the county Jail for Is days.
Before Alderman Barr Albert Arndt was
committed to answer the charge of steal
ing a turkey from David Swope.
The Western Union telegraph company
here and along its whole line will transmit
free, messages to or from duly authorized
committees or associations affOrding relief
to the sufferers from the floods in the Ohio
Valley. This does not permit free trans
mission of money orders, but messages re-
lating to bank drafts and other sources of
relief
John Adams has been arrested as the
man who stopped several citizens on
South Queen street, near the Woodward
Hill cemetery, night before last, and at
tempted to rob them. He was committed
by Alderman A. F. Donnelly for q hear
ing:
Twenty Thousand dollars worth of
stock has already been subscribed for the
building of the Eastern market the sue.
cess of the enterprise seems to be assured.
The viewers who heard the case yesterday
awarded the Porter estate 81 200 damages
caused by the improvements of the PENN
sylvania railroad at the Gap.
Soup house contributions Cash, a
friend, Paradise, So; Hirsh & Bro, 20
pounds of beef Russell & Shulmyer, half
ton coal. The rations during the week
were 1,444.
In York, on Friday, the walls of the
grain warehouse of p. A. s. s. Small.
fell out with tremendous crash, and piled
on the outside 1000 bushels of grain.
Fiss & DOerr shipped 16 head of draught
and driving horses to New York city to-
day Henry WE'LL shipped 16 to the same
market.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-17
EDITORIAL REFLECTIONS.
On Timely topics

of Various HueS and On Timely topics.
Lancaster Inquirer.
The Senate committee has very properly
negativcd the bill introduced by DR.. Nc
Knight to decrease tho membership of the
Legislature.
The policy Of a prohibitory constitutional
amendment is as sure to become general
as that .morrow's sun will rise in the
east.
1t is said Attorney General Brewster
has discharged all the colored employees
of his department, on the plea that they
We're bribed by the Star Reuters. We do
not believe a word of it. Brewster has
prejudice against "niggers." If we are
not mistaken he used to be employed as
slave catcher's counsel.
The members of the Legislature are cit
liens of the state and there can be no
reasonable objection to them attending the
polls and performing citizens duty at
the February election. Besides, to mingle
with their fellow citizens at home occa-
sionally during the legislative session can
hardly fail to have healthy moral and
political influence.
The cheap political roosters of the state
will maze nothing by trying to be humor-
GUS over Governor Pattison's dropping the
title "His Excellency" and taking the
simple and sensible title of "The Cover
nor" The latter term is every way in
better taste, and more in accord with the
character of our institutions.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-17

A feddler Accused Of u Serious OGene0
A man named Valentine Klase, was ar
rested at Terre Hill, East Earl township,
charged with having committed rape on
a thirteen-y ear old girl named Ida Hams
Ter. klase is a peddler Of cough medi-
cine, and, some weeks ago was at Allen
town, where the offense is said to have
been committed. Learning that the Al
lentown officers were after him, he skipped
the town. Il was ascertained that he had
been in this city, and an Allentown officer
came on for him, but could not find
him. The case was then put in
the hands of the Lancaster police author
tiles Yesterday it was learned that q
package of goods from Philadelphia had
been shipped to Klase at Terre Hill. Oh
Ger Daily at once took out a warrant for
his arrest, preceded the stage which car
ried the package to Terre Hill aud arrest.
ed Klase when he claimed the goods. The
prisoner was brought to this city and
looked up and this afternoon was taken to
Allentown in charge of Officer Mercer.
Klase denies his guilt and says he can
prove his innocence. He says the girl is
II years old instead Of 13.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-17

THE attention of the Philadelphia
Press has been called to the fact that it's
Sunday correspondent from Harrisburg
has falsely reported that the Democratic
House has sneaked in" the officers
which at the beginning of the session
the Democratic caucus resolved to dis
pense with. AS the Press has not yet
seen its way clear to correction of the
misStatement which is circulated, we
invite it to compare the lists, given in
our Harrisburg correspondence, of the
officers of the last Republican House and
the present Democratic House. 1t will
find twenty three officials and employees
dispensed with, to the saving of the
state in the salary roll of about
eighteen thousand dollars. 1t will
also find that instead of the pub
lie business being retarded for the
want of a sufficient force of employees in
the House, the business of that body is
further on than it has been for many
years at the same period of the session.
If it will bid its Harrisburg correspond
ent to inquire it will also discover that
while many of these on the pay roll of
the House of 1881 never went to Harris
burg except to draw their pay for work
not done at all or done by low priced
substitutes, the employees of the Demo
cratic House of 1888 are there in person
and all the time.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-17

The Press made some reputation for
itself not long ago, by exposing the in
iquities of the supply business at Harris
burg and in aiding to fasten public at.
tention upon the waste and extravagance,
if not thievery, which prevailed in the
department over which the famous Mr..
Delaney presides. Now that he and his
friend and patron, Chief Clerk Cochran,
have Senator Mylin ask for $500 to
purchase supplies for the remainder of
the session there is good opportunity to
ventilate this subject. 1t will be seen
that Chief Clerk Meek's brigade of
scrub women have worried through six
weeks of their duty with dozen pals
and dozen and a-half brooms, whereas
ordinarily by this time of the session a
carload would have been used up. It
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-17

Austin, retired minister, who became .
millionaire through successful oil specula
tions, and who originally came from this
place. The second member of the COM
mittee was to be chosen by Rev. MIR.
Morgan, aud the third by the two others
selected. The congregation refused to
accept this view OF the matter, and sum-
marily dismissed Mr.. Booth. He now
proposes 70 circulate all the alleged libel
GUS matter in regard to the Baptist min
lister that he can procure. and in case suit
for such proceeding is commenced by
Morgan, he says he has enough written
evidence to make it exceedingly warm for
him. Several persons who held deacon
ship in the church, and who were removed,
as they allege, because they were in the
way of the pastor, are quietly aiding
Booth in his plans.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-17
Sixty Years Married.

Christian Troyer and wife last evening
celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their
marriage at their residence No. 322 West
Orange street-though they didn't know
there was going to be a celebration of the
unusual event until over one hundred
guests children. grandchildren, and other
relatives and friends broke in upon them,
taking them entirely by surprise. After
hearty congratulations had been extended
the venerable couple, the evening was
spent with music, dancing feasting, and
joking. The old couple related many in
teresting and amusing incidents of their
early life, including the story of their love
and marriage, which were received with
great glee and applause by the guests. At
a late hour the party separated, the retir-
ing guests wishing Mr.. and Mrs. Troyer
many happy returns of the joyous occa-
sion.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-17
COLUMBIA NEWS.
Rapid and Alarming Rise IN tho River

Rapid and Ala rmlng Rise IN the River.
The river is level with the tow path Of
the canal at the foot of the Five Mile
level, and the inhabitants of that neigh
borhOod who reside in low ground are
moving their household goods to the
upper part of their dwellings in anticipa-
ton of a flood. The river rose here six
inches last night, and this morning there
was slight movement of the ice, which,
however, lasted but short time. Every
person is anxiOusly awaiting the coming
of the up-river floods, which are expected
to arrive here to morrow or to. morrow
night. The Pennsylvania railroad COM
pany is busy moving its rolling stock from
western points to Philadelphia where it
will be safe.
Religious Intelligence.
Yesterday evening the seventh week Of
tho continuance of the revival at the
Methodist church ended, and the meeting
will be continued every evening of this
following week, Saturday excepted. Thus
far about one hundred and twenty persons
have professed conversion, of whom,
eighty four have joined the church. A
large number of other converts are ex
pscted to connect themselves with the
church to morrow. Subjects of great in
terest have been selected for the sermons
of to morrow. That of the morning is.
"The Lamps Pitchers aud Trumpets of
GideOn's Army of the evening, "The
Feast and the Doom or the Handwriting
on the wall"
The following services will be held to
morrow, the second Sunday of Lent, a.
St. Paul's p. E. church Morning ser
vices, sermon and holy communion, at
1880 a. NJ: evening service and sermon
at 7:3O p. M. On Monday the usual eve
ming service will be held at 4:3O p. m.
Tomorrow evening at the Z. E. Lutheran
church the regular course of illustrated
sermons will be continued by the pastor,
Rev. W. Z. Evans.
Borough Briefs.
Madison Square company has booked
Young Mrs. Winthrop" for March 2s.-
Il. & G. Baggagemaster, J. B. Buckwalter,
had his right foot crushed yesterday-Dis
patcher Michael Bright, of Reading, in
town yesterday-St. Johns festival we'll
attended last evening Citizens band on
hand to night ; festival will continue on
Monday night.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-17
Railroad Collision,

About o'clock last evening an extra
train west, to which was attached engines
5S4, 465 and 376, and three cabins, coupled
together, ran into the rear end of extra
291, at Red Hill, between Bainbridge and
Collins station, slightly damaging the
cabin of 291. The fireman of engine 5S4
jumped from the train when he saw COL
lision was inevitable. and had his face and
hand badly cut by falling. The tlagman
of 291 also jumped from the cabin and was
a good deal cut about the face and hands.
The train drawn by engine 291 was NOV
ing at the rate of about Is miles an hour,
but the fog being dense and there being a
sharp curve at that point, the train that
was following it could not see the rear end
of the train ahead of it until it was close
upon it. The accident did not delay any
of the passenger trains.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-17
OBITUARY..
Miss RichWeln Dies I'm Dakota,

The Dakota Hur0nite, printed at Huron,
Dakota teri itor7 7, announces the death Of
Miss Sarah j. Richwein, formerly of this
city. The sad event took place on the
10Th of January, at the residence: of her
brother-in-law, H. s. Mccormick, with
whom she had made her home for twenty
years. Miss Richwein was native of this
county-a relative of the late Maj. Louis
Richwein, of this city. Mr.. Mccormick,
her brother-in-law, with whom she made
her home, will be remembered as one of
two brothers, who carried on merchant
tailoring in this city several years ago, and
who were afterwards employed as cutters
in other establishments in this city. Some
three years ago they. removed to Kansas,
but returned to Lancaster and lived for
time on James street. Less than year
ago Fl. 8. Mccormick removed to Dakota,
his sister-in law accompanying him: She
was taken with consumption and died as
above stated, She was an estimable lady,
aged about AZ years.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-17

aB-PLAIN TALK FROM DR.. SwAYNE-10 Whom
1t May Concern: Itching Piles is one of the
most annoying complaints known to physi-
clans. Every one can tell whether he is thus
afflicted by observing the following symp-
toms Intense itching, particularly after get
ting warm. 1t seems as II pin worms were
crawling IN or about the rectum. Small Jumps
sometimes form. The private parts are often
affected. The more you scratch the worse the
itching. knowing that my ointmeDt t is super
LOT to any article in tn market, guarantee 1t
to cure the worst case of itching piles In exist
ence.
ISigned], H.SWAYNE, M ID.
Dr. Swayne's Ointme mt Is also pleasant and
effective cure for letter, itch, salt rheum, cry
sipelas, BARRIERS itch, pimples, and all scaly,
crusty, itchy skin eruptiOns. Sold by all
prominent druggists, or will be sent for so cts.
lin &c, stamps), 3 boxes, sl.25 Address, DIR.
Swayne & Son, Philadelphia, Pa.
Octl4-lydTu, ,Th&S&w