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sepulchcr Violation.

louisville, March 9.-The Grim
inal Court has been engaged for sew
eral days In the trial of u case against
the Rev. Father Nathe, the German
Catholic priest of Ashland, for viola
ting a sepulcher. John Scheuren, a
member of the church, desired 10
bury an infant in the church ceme-
terry, but being behind in his dues to
the church, was refused admission.
Aided by several friends he inferred
the child in the grave in which her
sister vas buried twenty years pre-
viously. Nathe hearing of this, had
tine remains dug up and thrown
outside of the cemetery fence
Seileuren again buried them and
they were again dug up. He then
brought suit against the priest and
grave digger.
The case excited great interests the
trial being attended by a large num-
Der of Catholic priests. Eminent
counsel were engaged on both sides,
and the jury occupied considerable
time in their deliberations. At a
late hour this evening they returned
a verdict of not guilty, dividing the
costs of prosecution equally between
Scheura, the priest and the grave
digger. 2Rf@8 HTrwTT
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ATLANTA, Ga, March 8.-Fully
fifty thousand visitors were in the
city to-day to attend the o~bsequies
of Governor Stephens, and there
were probably seventy-five thousand
persons in all upon the streets. The
memorial services began at ten
o'clock, with prayer by Rev. William
Adams, of Augusta. Senator Colquit
then introduced the speakers. Cen
eral Gordon read a series of eulogistic
resolutions prepared by the Cit
izens' Committee, and spoke in
terms ofpraise of the life Of Mr..
Stephens. General Toombs, Gener-
al Henry A.. Jackson. Judge Craw-
ford, Senator Brown, Colonel c. C.
Jones and DR.. H. v. M. Mitter also
made addresses. This afternoon the
funeral services took place, and were
conducted by lev. John Jones. DIR.
Talmage made the closing prayer,
The funeral procession wass mile
and a half long, and took half an
hour to pass q given point. Tonight
the visiting citizens and military are
returning to their homes. bA
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A Very Queer Funeral.

Pi TRrBuRG, March GA special
disI latch from Gowanda, N. T., to-
mig hit, says: The burial of G. Steb-
biz rs, for twenty years editor of the
c, lba, N. Y, Patriot, caused a sensa-
ii on in western New York and will
g o down as one of the most curious
/, ,bsequies of the age. Stebbins was
What might be pronounced an Inger-
sollite. For years he has deem dying
of consumption and for months he
brooded oyer his approaching disco
lation. He was impressed by the
refusal Of Charles Thorne, the actor,
to have any religious service held
over his remains, and prior to his
death exacted from his family the
promise that no minister of whatever
denomination should be allowed to
hold a religious service, He was a
member of Lodge No. 553, Knights
of Honor, and asked that the cere-
mony should be conducted by the
lodge, He desired the Knights in
following his remains to the grave to
sing Marching Through Georgia"
repeating the song when the earth
fell on his coffin. On leaving the
cemetery they were to sing Good
bye, my love, good bye"
Stebbins died last Friday, the
funeral taking place here yesterday.
Twenty-eight knights, ip full rega-
liza, attended the funeral. They sang
the songs requested, both in going
and coming. and created a sensation
in the quiet town, the citizens of
which did not understand how such
songs could be tolerated at q funeral.
The mourners did not seem to mind
the strangeness of the obsequies.
The scene at the grave when the
earth clattered ON the box and the
Knights started up the old war-song
was impressive. AS the last words
died away the cortege moved on and
when outside the cemetery the sem
timental song was taken up and sung
with spirit. 1t was a strange FINER
al. Stebbins two years ago was APP
pointed United States Consul to one
of the PHILIPPINE Islands. A hurri-
cane destroyed the island and he re-
turned to journalism
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+ CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 9.-John
Fox, Of Bellville, widely known on
account of his arrest for the attempt
"a murder of DR.. Irwin, of Mans
ned, about fourteen months ago,
was shot and instantly Killed last
night On the public road, within half
a mile from his home. Fox and his
Brother Daniel went to Mansfield
yesterday with a load of grain, and
were returning home at night. The
shots were fred from a revolver in
the hands of an unknown party, and
from directly behind the two
men. At the first shot David leaped
from the wagon, and ran, without
looking to see who was the assailant.
Other shots were fired, and the horses
broke loose and ran away. Daniel
had been shot in the leg.
He called for assistance and return
ed to where his brother lay in the
wagon. Two bullets had struck him.
One had entered the base Of the brain,
and the other through the back near
the regiot ofthe heart. Either wound
was fatal. No arrests have been
made, and, though many theories are
current, it is hard to fix on one that
has any appearance of being correct.
One night, about six weeks ago, Fox
was fired at as he entered his house
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McKEEspoRT, March ga fright
full explosion of dynamite occurred
this morning at a stone quarry in
Dead Mans Hollow, near this place.
The workmep we're preparing to
blast, and found it necessary 70 thaw
out the dynamite. 4 cartridge vas
placed in the open fire, and the man
waited near BY for IL thaw. Sud
denly tins dynamite exploded With
fearful force, scattering the 6rebrands
and loose quarry debris, aad throw
ing ths entire party With terrible VIC.
iencs some distsnne.
Daniel HsnnIneer vas killed To-
stsntIy, his legs and arms being dis.
membsrsd and huFlad hithef and
thither, and his body badly mutt,
lated. George Henniges was shock.
ingly and fatally burned and other:
wise injured. principally on the face
and body. Noble Gilkey, q negro
jsborer, received burns, from which
be WI d. Daniel Mccarthy e.
capped with the issst injury, but he
vas very severely burned about the
body and ACE. though not 80 badly
. 30 prevent HI being taken to The
house Of Dsvid HsunInksr nenr 81
the scene Of the disastFous accident
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-14

SAM RANDALL, the great Tariff
straddler of this State, who did ev-
erything in his power to obstruct
the framing of the new Tariff bill,
and then voted for it on its final
passage, is receiving many left hand
cd compliments. Watterson, of the
Louisville Courier Journal, bids him
farewell for voting for ''thst thieving
tariff" aud the protectionists de-
nounce him for not making q bold
stand for the bill. The artful dodger
will find that be has not much i'm
proved his chances for Speaker of
the next House.
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A granger whose name is Bob Shield,
Was moving the grass in the field,
BY a snake he was bitten.
And he has just written,
st. Jacobs Oil has the bite healed"
A lame Chinaman on the Pacific,
OF pains and aches vas prolific,
He limped all around,
Until he had found
s.. Jacobs Oil. the specific.
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The stagnation of business, forced
by the Tariff agitation, is now grad.
ually giving way to a more cheerful
feeling, and manufacturers are TAX
ing steps to adjust their trade to the
requirements of the new tariff and
internal tax laws. a few foolish
Democratic politicians : Carlisle,
Morrison, Tucker and others-have
announced their purpose to open up
the whole subject of tariff revision
again next winter, and thus keep
the business interest of the country
in q state of uncertainty until after
the next Presidential election, but il
is thought that better counsels viii
prevail, as the wiser men of tina,
party well know that, if this course
il persisted in, it will require a
swarm of ahidavits after the election
to prove that such an organization
as the Democratic party ever exist
ed.
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Senator Cameron's Health.

WASHINGTON, March 7.-Senator
Cameron's health is much more Sc
riously impaired than is generally
supposed, and his condition is re-
garded by many as really critical,
but not at all hopeless. He has
been very much Frustrated most OF
the winter by the return of 6stula in
an aggravated form, and the habit
ual use of opiates necessary to ena.
BILE him to obtain sleep under the
constant and severe pain has shat.
tered his nervous system and gener.
ally Frustrated him mentally and
physically. He should have had a
surgical operation performed some
time ago, but it would have con6a-
ed him to his room for weeks, and
he was unwilling to be absolutely
deprived of the power to appear IN
the Senate when the Tariff was to
be considered. His delay in submit
ting to the surgical operation daily
increased the violence of his malady
and he was seldom able to appear
in the Senate and then not fit for
participation in its deliberations,
His fretful controversy with Van
WICK was the result eff his extreme
nervous irritability, and it is not
generally known that he tainted
away into entire insensibility soon
after.
Since the adjournment of Congress
Senator Cameron has not been well
enough to stand the intended surgi-
cal operation, and some apprehen'
sions are felt that be may not, with
his present exhausting disease, be.
come strong enough to submit to the
scalpel. The operation will be q
very severe and delicate one, and
must greatly PROSTATE him, and in
his present weakened condition, it is
feared he would not survive it. he
is in the hands of the most expert
enced medical experts, and tits now
hoped that he can be rallied enough
to submit to the operation without
risk to his life. 1t is believed that il
he can be rallied enough to undergo
the operation without fatal shock to
his system, he will speedily regain
his strength and health. He is not
suffering from any organic disease
On the contrary, his malady is pure
ly local, greatly aggravated by neg
lect and the necessary use of opiates
and if he can be made to come safely
out of the hands of the surgeons
there is no apparent reason why he
should not fully regain his usual
health and vigor.
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Low Escapes the Gailows.

UNIoNTowN, March S.-John Bay.
ard Low, who killed Policeman Nc
Cray Robb, Of Connellsville, at a
circus there on the 10Th of last May
and who was convicted of murder in
the first degree at the last September
court, had his second trial this week
and was found guilty to-day of MUIR
der in the second degree. The at
torney for the defendant, in his argu-
ment for a new trial, stated an one
of the most important points that
there was a great deal of important
evidence that they could obtain that
would benefit the prisoner which
they did not know ofbefore. 1t was
thought that this evidence would
save his life, and sol it proved.
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TIE meaning, or rather the inter
probation of the words "due and
payable" is q question worth about
100000 to the U. S. Treasury.
Acoordilg to the Internal Revenue
laws, bank taxes were payable semi,
annually in June and December
The new tariff and tax law repeals
these taxes from the date on which
they become @due and payable
The bill became a Law on the Sd day
of March, and, of course, vent into
immediate effect. The taxes of Jan.
uary, February and March, until the
third, had accrued and were due
but would. not have been payable
nnta June Both, and the question is,
can he taxes of January, February
and the three days of March, be col
lseted. or does the new Law remit
them T. the banks because they were
not at the time OF its passage @dut
and payable" The amount involv
ed il nearly 100000
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the demand of the newspapers. De-
lane5 asked for an investigation, 4
eommittee was appointed, and the
State furnished it with counsel. 80
far, u o damaging revelations have
been made. Mcclure, of the Times,
was subpenaed to testify, and ad-
mitted that be know nothing OF his
own knowledge, but promised to fur
nish q list of witnesses, and Smith OF,
the Press, made the same hunilia-
ting confession. Mcclure has since
refused to furnish a list of the prom
ised witnesses, because, as he alleg-
es, his attorney advises against it,
for fear it will benefit Delaney in .
suit he threatens TO bring for libel,
and thus the investigating commit
tee is baked in its attempt to arrive
at the truth.
To an unprejudiced mind, it looks
like a most monstrous outrage that,
a public official should be openly
branded as a "public thief" and his
accuser be permitted to shield him
self from public exposure of the false
ness of his charge, by alleging that
he has the evidences in his possession
but does not choose, for personal
reasons, to furnish them. 1t puts the
accused in the position Of being com
to bring an expensive action
to yindicate his character, because
this editor does not please to fur
nish the evidence, which he admits
be does not have of his own knowl-
edge, before a committee created to
investigate the matter There is a
radical wrong here which needs re-
formation.
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which weighs six pounds. The Ma
ljor's real name is Robert n. Huzza,
and he halls from Boston, Mass. 1t
was while exhibiting at Hartford,
Conn.,, that he met the young lady
who won his affections. Miss Hos
mer is twenty-five years Of age, three
feet high and weighs forty-five
pounds. Her brother and sister,
who were present, opposed the union,
but the lady asserted her determine
ton to wed Mr.. Littlefnger, and did
so. The bride was attired in white
satin, and the groom wore a full
dress suit, white tie and gloves. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
Hugo o. Pentecost, ofthe Park Ave-
nue. Baptist Church.
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Bold Attempt at Train Robbine.

MULBERRY, March SAN attempt
to rob a train was made near this
place last night, and two lives were
lost, one that OF an unresisting con-
ductor and the other that of a brake
man. AS the passenger train of the
Little Rock and Fort Smith road
was nearing Mulberry it was brought
to a stand still to take in some wood,
and four men entered the rear car.
No special attention was paid to the
newcomers until the conductor, Jno.
Caine, approached one of them to
collect the fare. Two of the strangers
were men of middle age, while their
confederates were mere boys in APP
~pearance, the oldest not being over
seventeen.
When the conductor made a de-
mand for the fare the elder of the
two youths drew his pistol, and,
pointing it at the conductors head,
ordered him to stop the train, which
had pulled out from the spot where
the wood pile stood. With trembling
hands the conductor obeyed the
highwayman, and reached toward
the bell rope. The robber held his
pistol leveled at the conductors
head, and in the nervousness created
by his inexperience, pressed the
trigger and sent a ball through the
skull of the conductor, who fell to
the floor, unconscious and dying.
Confusion and panic ensued, the
robbers discharging their weapons,
and endeavoring to frighten passen-
gers by their screams and yells.
An effort was made to reach the
engineer. Brakeman Milton Lester,
who was attracted by the shooting
TO the spot where the conductor fell
received a bali through the head,
and he died soon afterwards. The
engineer hearing the shouts expect
ed that a robbery was being COM
mitted, and after having partially
responded TO the conductors notice,
who, in his fall, had pulled the bell
rope and ordered the train to stop,
he threw open the throttle valve and
started for the station at a rapid
speed.
One of the robbers tried to reach
the locomotive by climbing upon it
from the rear, but the engineer open
ed fire upon the man and prevented
his approach. Seeing that they were
being carried rapidly into town, and
that further efforts to accomplish
their purpose would lead them into
captivity, the robbers jumped from
the cara and disappeared.
When Mulberry was reached pos
ses were organized to start in pur-
suit Of the robbers and murderers,
and the assistant superintendent of
the road at Van Buren, offered a re-
ward of 5000 for the apprehension
Of any or all of the offenders, and
the County of Crawford, in which the
crime vas perpetrated, added $1,000
more.
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Killed While s~leighing.

READING, March S.-A horrible
accident occurred at Beaver station,
on the Lebanon Valley Railroad,
last evening. by which Mrs. Catha.
rine Rhoads wasinstantly killed and
her son-in-law, David Lyter, serious.
ly and probably fatally injured.
Mrs. Lyter was also injured, but she
may recover. They were out sleigh
ing and were on their way home and
when crossing the railroad ut the
above point were struck by a freight
engine, which was running at a high
speed. The party were thrown about
twenty feet from the track. The
horse escaped, hut the sleigh was
completely smashed. Mr.. Lyter
had been married but recently.
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CINCINNATI, March ia dis
patch to the Commercial Gazette from
London, Ohio, saws John G. Tracy
yesterday murdered his bruther-in-
law, David Gillenwalter, by cutting
his throat with an ak. Tracy and
his wife and two children had come
from Logan county on a visit to
CLEARWATER. The men went into
the woods late yesterday afternoon
and then got into a trifing dispute
which ended in the murder. The
scene of the crime was twelve miles
south Of here. Tracy was promptly
arrested. al .bee al lss.eqe 80 -
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HrrrxA Ark March The ca,.
!, nh. nd ~ Ja~ s,s ,.shaS tho
liver ;eto fnrv and ~ strnoals -
"a jaysss h.s hsaS ~,'arss
|%ssssre fson, sha
IN snyr n,;iss .n,th - ~, LEI
G. ous hnrJ-aS rss ~ ia.,a.
cos he held anoshar hasr sonaf
|of6fv ha. inst cons .io-r .nd srera
w;il 9n;ckly fo5iow TIE s;tua.;nn
!. .@StSnaIv nr;.;.., Tha I"rna
-nrotect;no Ha,ena i still ;ntsct ~
;re w"-L rnon = = ro;na for-asJ
hnt Il i -n,.esr;oss .e,5;a;"n ~
n.anv nlscss Ths or,,, hon. i -
tha.;nJ c.%1.,;n.
rrha hrasL;rr of tba I.,..
E...r,. pa;r. ~, =. 10.
d;sastrous 70 Iaros nymhsr of n,sr,
tsrs ond othar rsorje n shot ssst;on
coo.l deal ofIsnd never undsr ~.
ter hsfore Till he overaovad
Frear;s Point nelta and an towns
eor txsntv u;,as bact from The r;ver
will be Greatly damaoeJ and nlsn-
Tor. viii loss much i;ve stock corn
and other sunnlies. Accounts from
T-ennessee saw that GREAT damage has
been lone IN lake and other coun-
ties along the river Mich stock
has heen lost and many ho,,see
fences and . GOOD deal If corn and
cotton have been swen awav Some
ofthe towns are comnIetelv issola,ed
but p~o.actual SUFFERING omonu the
neonIe Is vet renorted
VIcKspi,RG Marcb7-Nevs from
all points in this section are unfay.
orable. The back water almost en-
tirely surrounds the Delta levee,
Louisiana, and work will have to be
suspended. The Elleslie levee has
given way. This will cause serious
damage to the lower portions of
Issaquinna county, and will over
flow the plantations of Kemp, Dun
bar, Hunt, Magnolia, Laurel, Wild.
erness, Waddoun, Harris, Clover,
Hill and Duncan Ridge. The water
is going directly into Steel's bayou.
Captain Marshall fears that the
stream last night has done serious
damage to other points that cannot
be reached by telegraph. The river
has risen one and a half inches here
to-day. The Protection levee in
front of the Elleslie has given away
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Attempted to Assassinate Biain.

WASHINGTON, March ga report
is current that a. short time before
the adjournment of Congress an at
tempt was made by some person
unknown to assassinate Ex-Secreta-
ry Blaine by shooting into a car
rage in which he was seated while
returning from one Of the night ses
sion at the Capitol. Mr.. Blaine
treats the matter lightly and says
that the hole through the windows
of the landau in which he rode was
probably made by a pebble thrown
BY some boy with a devils sling"
His family, however, are said to
take a more serious view of the oc-
currence.
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no - Seriously IuOuro0 Dy = Rosa II
His Room.
HARR1RsuRG, March 2. -3Several
enterpfisipg newe1ppers il the ftate
|published The Is lion Sat t.ie1 PAL
Shines Dkmeron Sad Md qdil .
|levee on his eight fourth brit !ay
last weet; but sud- was not tie hact.
For some time prior to his birthday
he complained of not feeling well,
but his condition excited no alarm
in his falnily. Aday1 Or two pssvi-
Gus he went to bed feeling moderate
ly wslls- during usths~night beat
tempted to get out of bed, and ia
doing - he ELL He called fos -
sistance, being unable to rise, but
was not able to make himself heard.
He lay on the f1sor for over two
hours before help came. When it
did come, in the shape Of several of
the doinestics in the house, il was
found Impossible to place him in
bed owing to the great pain the
attempt caused, 80 a mattress was
placed under him. Since then the
General has been unable to move,
without extreme agony, and his con-
dition has been SO serious that diff
erent members of his family have
been called to his bedside. Mrs.
Richard Haldeman has been in
constant attendance, ard on Satur-
day ex-Attorney Gen sral and Mrs.
Macveagh came to Harrisburg out
of solicitude for the condition Of the
lady's father. The aged patient was
slowly improving yesterday, but the
indications are that the unfortunate
accident will indefinitely delay his
contemplated trip to Mexico and
the west.
General Cameron is still much
worried OVER the condition of his
son, Senatf, II j. ID. Cameron. He re-
ceived a t. legram on Saturday from
Washing Jon stating that Senator
Cameron. had undergone an opera
ton for fistula on Friday. and had
stood it very well. It was learned
yesterd ay that the son was improv-
ing n rapidly as can be expected.
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A Dastardly Murder. (

PIrTsBURG, March S.-John Mon
Afghan, who was stabbed BY John
Ross Saturday night is dead. The
attack on Monaghan, who was an IN
offensive citizen, was entirely unpro-
voked, He was on his way home
when Ross accosted him, inquiring
if hewas q Catholic, and upon being
answered in the negative Ross drew
u long knife and plunged it in Mon
aphan's back.
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P~itisburs Wages.

PIrrsBURG, Pa, March 5.-Iron-
masters interviewed on the tariff
question are unanimous in their dec
larations that under the new law a
reduction of wages of all classes of
workmen will be a necessity. If a
reduction is persisted in it viii very
probably result in a general strike,
as a large number of the employees
to day assert that any. attempt
to reduce wages will be s~tubbornly
resisted.
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The Crops Of Great Britain.

WASHINGTON, March THE sta
t~istical agent of the Department of
Agriculture in London reports con-
tinued rains and floods, great injury
to the wheat crop, and gloomy APP
prehensions of the worst failure for
years. The area is reduced, and re-
sowing will be necessary. There is
also much alarm at the spread ofthe
foot-and .mouth disease among cat
tie. Local Fairs throughout Great
Britain have been closed, and orders
in Council prohibit the movement
of farm animals from Scotland to
Ireland until March 81.