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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31
Railroad Robbers.

ST LOUIS, October pa special
from Walnut Ridge Ark, says an at
tempt was made to rob the north
bound express train on the Iron
Mountain railroad last night about
10 O'Clock between Okean and Della
plaine, fifteen miles north of this
place. Fortunately the express
train was late and the local freight
was running on the time of the ex-
press. The local was signaled by
three lanterns, and when stopped
was boarded by party of six men
all heavily armed. After questions
they found they had stopped the
wrong train and passed into the
woods with many curses, but with
out molesting anything or anybody.
The conductor of the local telegraph
er the road master. Col. Griffin, at
this place, who summoned a posse
of citizens, headed by John Rhea
and accompanied by U. S. Marshal
O. X. Wheeler, who went north on
the belated express, eager for fight
with robbers, but no further attempt
was made to rob the train. The
robbers were all large men from thir
ty to forty years old and wore heavy
overcoats. They crrried common
lanterns and seemed to know their
business. Every effort is being
made to capture them.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31
Can This be True.

HARRISBURG, October 24.-The
House was entertained at the begin
ming of the session to-day by the re-
quest for number of leaves OF alb
sence. Two Republicans were given
permission to absent themselves
when the Democrats resolved that
the business would have to
be stopped and voted down
all similar requests. Ayers, of Brad
ford, who had the floor at the hour
of adjournment yesterday, renewed
his speech, in which he conveyed
the grateful intelligence that the re-
suit of the forthcoming election
would have no bearing on final ad-
journment and that this Legislature
would not dissolve until the expira-
ton of the terms of the members.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31
Instantly Killed.

BEAVER FALLS, Oct. 27.-A bag
gage agent in the employ of the Pitts.
burg, Fort Wayne aud Chicago Rail-
way was instantly killed here at
noon to-day. A passenger train had
just arrived and was standing on the
far track from the station. Baker
started over to the train to deliver a
message when freight train, which
was backing down on an interme-
diate track, struck him, killing him
instantly. No signals whatever
were given, and there is much in
dignation expressed against the care
lessness Of the freight engineer, who
has been arrested. Baker was a
single man, % years of age, and his
parents reside in New Brighton.
He was a most estimable young
man. and was very popular in this
cOmmunitv
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31
sARMY OF TINE POTOMAC.
On The Chlckahominy.

Under date OF May s, 1888, Coll ). f. Tibbitls'
ef Dover. N H.. sends US the following Nv While
on duty In the army of the Potomac in the
suamps Of the Chicgahominy I eontraciefa CON
plieation Of diseases that eliminated in spinal
trouble. paralysis on one side and severe disease
of the kidneys AID. bladder, and great urinal
weakness. Fer long time l was under the
treatment OF the best physicians and tried nlany
OF the so-caled remedies, but received no perma-
ncnt benefit When / was Ia the drug busiaess In
Boston | heard favorable accounts OF the efficacy
of Hunts Remedy for diseases of the kidneys and
urinary organs and having decided TO give it a
trial l purchased some at Wingate's drug STORE
Dover, N. H., and have received great relief from
using 1t. The severe pains IN my back are re-
moved and am able to sleep soundly and obtain
rest at night-which for 80 long a time couid not
DO, and the weakness in the urinary organs has
been relieved, and regret that did not test the
great merits Of Hunts Remedy when was first
taken sick, as am confident 81 would have saved
me from several years of ing, and am more
strongly convinced OF this after hearing o tiio
most remarkable cures effected BY Hunts heme-
dy in a case Of Brights Disease here in Dover, ai-
ter the patient had been pronounced hcunabe by
celebrated physicians
Mr. Tibbitts ia a retired druggist, formerly 10
Gated in Boston, and is a thoroughly reliable eiei-
Een.-Cor. ED. tztt
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31
A Dog Did IL.

PoTTsvILLE, October 25.-An
adopted daughter of James Barry,
living at Germonyille, fifteen miles
from here, is lying in a precarious
state in the last stages of hydrpho-
bia. About year ago she was bit
ten by dog. The wound was neg
lected at the time, but apparently
healed up. A few days ago the girl,
who is now thirteen years of age,
began acting strangely, and yester-
day took to her bed. Before medi-
cal aid could be summoned she be-
came speechless, and then went into
violent spasms, in which she barked
and snarled at those surrounding
her bed, in the most vicious manner.
To-day, during a more quiet inter
val, she signified that she desired to
write, and paper and pencil being
furnished, she scribbled:
"The dog has done it all"
Soon after another paroxysm set
in, and at last accounts she was be-
lieved to be dying.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31
Fire at Pittsburg.


PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct. 25.-G. A.
e. A. S. Mundorf's planning mill, on
the South Side, together with five
two-story frame dwellings and 600
600 feet of lumber, were burned this
morning. The fire spread so rapidly
that the employees barely escaped,
the firemen and engineer received
severe burns. In twenty minutes
the entire mill and dwellings and
and lumber were burning fiercely,
and in an hour smoldering ashes
only remained. The dwellings were
occupied by seven families, who
were unable to save any of their
household effects. The loss will ag-
grega;e $4,000, on which there is
is insurance on the mill and lumber
of $40, 600. The remains of Frank
Siebert, a workman in the mill, have
been found in the ruins burned to a
crisp.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31
The Apaches Routed.

TOMBSTONE, A. T., Oct. 25.-W. II.
Stuart, who has returned here from
Swischolme mountains, says the
Apaches have been routed by the
Mexican troops with great slaughter
The troops had been stationed so as
to prevent the retreat of the savages
into Seirre Madre mountains. The
Indians then turned ana fed toward
Arizona, closely followed by the
Mexicans. who overlook them in
the extreme end of Swischelme
mountains, where a running fight
ensued. The Mexican commander
stated that if his troops had not been
completely worn on. by fighting and
forced marches he would have driv-
en- the red devils on the San Carlos
reservation himself. Stuart says a
large body of the routed Indians
passed bis rancho. They were poor
lv clad, but fully one-third Of them
had retained their firearms.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

SENATOR WILLIAM A. WALLACE,
in a speech made at Waynesburg on
Thursday night last, expressed the
determination of his party in the
Legislature TO remain IN session until
the last day Of December 1884, unless
the Republicans yielded to Demo
cratic demands on apportionment.
As Senator Gordon has announced
this as the policy of the Pattison
wing of the patty, and Wallace avows
il to be the determination of himself
and followers, any boy with a slate
and pencil can cypher out in ad-
vance how many hundred thousand
dollars, at the rate of s3,096 per day,
will vet be squandered to pay a do
nothing Legislature for the next
fourteen months. Having ascer-
tanned that, he can then add to it
the s452,0l6, which will be the
amount expended up till the first
day of November, and he will have
the entire probable cost of this Dem
ocratic extra session.
Nothing on earth will prevent this
infamous waste of the public money
except whitening defeat of the
Democratic ticket at the election on
Tuesday next.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

LAST year the total of the vote
cast for Beaver and Stewart exceeded
the vote of Pattison for Governor by
3,54l, on vote that was 130, 900 less
than that cast for President in 1880,
As the Democrats made a desperate
effort to get out this vote for Pattison,
and it is admitted that many Repub-
licans voted for him also, it is self
evident that a large proportion OF
the stay-at-home voters must have
been Republicans. Now that the
Republicans of the State are united
on one ticket, the question of success
is simply one of bringing out the
Republican vote. The only danger
is from over confidence, or from ap-
athy, and the only work necessary
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

We invite the attention of our
readers to the admirable address
"To the voters of Pennsylvania" by
the Republican State Committee,
published in an adjoining column.
1t is forcible presentation of the
issues involved in the election occur
ing on Tuesday next, and assigns
eogent reasons why the Republicans
of the State should put forth their
best efforts to secure the success to
which they are entitled by reason OF
their numerical strength. The ne
cessity of rebuking the useless and
criminal waste of the peoples mon
ey, through the medium of the extra
session of the Legislature, and sus-
tanning our friends in the coming
session of Congress, in the efforts
they will be compelled to put forth
in defense of the tariff, are so clearly
made manifest that no tax payer,
after its perusal, can tail to recog-
nize the duty devolving upon him
on Tuesday next
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

to be done is to get out the vote.
The Democrats, stimulated by their
success in Ohio, count upon getting
out larger proportion of their vote
than will the Republicans, and thus
secure a success they cannot other
wise obtain. Pennsylvania is most
undoubtedly Republican State, as
much so this year as she was in 1880,
and the only requisite to again prove
it, is to get out the vote. To this
task every true Republican should
address himself. Get out the vote,
and victory is certain. Fail in this
plain duty, let the Democrats secure
another triumph, and the profiigate
waste of more than another million
of dollars, in continuing this extra
session of the Legislature, is certain
To follow.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

HENsEL, Chairman of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee, has
been furnished with a list OF last
years independents" in this coun'
ty, and is mailing to them ''stickers
with the name of Powell-the Dem
ocratic candidate for State Treasurer
on them, hoping that by their
use Livsey may be sneakingly de-
prived of votes. This game of the
Democratic Chairman was exposed
to US by one of last years "Inde-
pendents"-to whom "stickers" had
been sent-with the remark that he
couldn't be used to assist a Demo
cratic fraud.
We caution Republican voters to
be on their guard. Be careful from
whom you take ticket, and before
voting examine it, and be certain
that it contains the names of JE
ROME B. NILES and WILLIAM
LIvSEY.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31
4 Prisoner Thirteen Days Without
Food, But IN Good Health.

BELvIDERE, n. j., October 23.-
Yesterday was the thirteenth day
that Peter c. Smull, the supposed
horse thief, passed without partak-
ing oftood. Since his removal from
the new to the old Jail, where he is
awaiting trial, he has shown an ugly
spirit, threatening his fellow pris-
oners and the sheriff with vengeance
whenever on opportunity should
offer itself His mother and sisters
visited him last week, bringing with
them large quantities of delicacies
but Smull refused to eat. DR.. Left
erts, Jail physician, had given him
a careful examination, and found
that he was in perfect health and
his stomach in its normal con-
dition. As yet no injurious effects
are visible from his long fast; his
pulse is strong and vigorous, and
he daily exercises and drinks water
freely Just what Smull's inten-
tions are no one can fathom. He
talks freely, speaks with great conf
dence that he will be acquitted of
the charges of horse stealing made
against him, and says they can only
convict him of an attempt to break
Jail, and he didn't believe the court
will punish him very severely for
that.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31
The Georgia ku-Klux Trial.

ATLANTA, Oct. 24.-The Banks
county Ku-Klux trial was begun to-
day. The defendants are Jasper,
James, Dilmus and Neal Yarbrough,
Lovel Streetman, Bold Emery, State
Summons and E. IL. Green. Ex-
Congressman Speer appeared for the
prosecution.
Warren Bryson testified that he
was called from mis- home one night
in July and beaten by crowd OF
masked men. The mob swere ven
geance against the negroes of the
locality who voted for Ex-Congress-
man Speer. Broyson was hit on the
head with pistol and otherwise
maltreated
Calvin Bush testified that he was
taken out Of bed by howling mob,
who stripped him and gave him one
hundred and seventy-fve lashes.
He was stripped IN court and dis
played the scars made by their
lashes.
Elisha Brooks told of how he was
taken out and whipped by n crowd,
who remarked: "You see what your
damned Speer has done for you"
He recognized Jasper Yarbrough in
the mob and Yarbrough said: "If
you know anybody in this crowd
and tell on him III put you in your
grave" Elisha f. Brooks was
with brass buckles. Brooks was
also beaten with brass knuckles.
Ben Sanders gave an account OF how
he was shot three times by mob
and left for dead The evidence will
probably be concluded tomorrow.
The defense will endeavor to prove
an alibi and will contend that the
cases should be tried IN the State
Court. A verdict of guilty was rem
dered, but the prisoners have not yet
been sentenced.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31
FIVE roLp MuRpERER.
An Invalid Farm HandiIn Ohio Stays
Has Wife, Three Children aud Him
self

CLEVELAND, October PA hor-
rible crime is reported from New
Philadelphia, Tuscarwas County.
Albert Frizer, young farmer, muir
dered his wife and three children,
and himself. The particulars of the
terrible tragedy thus far received
are yerv meagre. FriZer has been
in i'll health for some time past. He
has been working rs a farm hand
and found much difficulty in sup
porting his family. On Sunday
night he met his brouher-in-law. John
Judy, of New Philadelphia, and in
formed him in discouraged man
ner that his health was so bad that
he vas unable to work any longer,
Judy endeavored to cheer Fllzer up
and the latter departed horneward.
This was the last seen of him alive.
His house was rude affair. To-
Gated in an out-of-the-way place.
Late last night neighbor OF Frizer's
called at his house, for the purpose
of borrowing a farming implement.
No one answered his knock, and he
opened the door. A horrible sight
met his gaze. Mrs. Frizer lay upon
the floor In IA pool of blood, with
her throat cut from ear TO ear. On
the bed was the body of the eldest
child, girl of eight, her body mutt
lated IN a sickenIng manner. In a
crib were the bodies of two younger
children, their corpses covered with
blood.
One account states that Frizer lay
dead i'll a corner OF the room, with
a blood-stained butcher knife clutch
ed IN his hand. Another says that
by MS side. was an empty gun
barrel with no hammer or stock, from
which it is inferred that holding one
END of the barrel in the lamp which
stood near he blew out bis brains.
There was no evidence OF i scuf-
tle lii the room, or other indications
that the crime was com mltted by an
outsider. Worried by sickness and
a fear of approaching poverty, Frizer
probably thought 1t best to murder
his wife and babes rather than see
them in want.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31
Wallace at Waynsburg.

WAYNEsBURG, Pa, Oct. 26.-Hon.
Wm. A. Wallace and Joseph Powell
Democratic candidate for State
Treasurer, were billed to address a
a meeting OF the unterrified last even
ing. Mr.. Powell failed to report.
MIR. Wallace, accompanied by Sena-
tor Patton and John NJ. Stockdale,
of Washington, arrived on the even
ing train. Mr.. Wallace spoke for
about an hour to a small audience
which did not display much enthusi-
asm. HS devoted his efforts mainly
to defending his position on the ap-
portionment measures and charging
the Republicans with being obstruc-
tionists and traitors to the Constitu-
ton. He expected the determine
ton of his part in the Legislature to
worry the Republicans of the Senate
until they are forced to give in, and
to remain in session, if need be, until
the last day of December, 1884. He
was followed by Col. Stockdale with
one of his characteristic speeches,
full of bitterness and rancor, which
disgusted the audience and half
emptied the house in five minutes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

THROUGH the folly of Republicans
the Democrats were permitted last
year to elect a majority of the Legis-
lature, and that.body has apparently
determined to remain in session
during its entire term of two years.
Ten dollars a day for two years, was
too great a temptation fo- Demo-
cratic virtue to withstand, and for
the first time in the History of the
State, we are suffering from a per-
petual Legislature that doesn't pre-
tend to legislate, but simply refuses
to adjourn, so long as the members
can each draw ten dollars per day
for doing nothing.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

The best and only way to dis
perse the ten-dollar-a-day Democrat
ic Legislature, is to pile up the Re-
publican majority. A Democratic
majority will be held as an approval
of its course, and there viii be no
adjournment until their successors
are elected, and drive them out, in
Tonuarv 1SS5
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

REMEMBER, that the Republican
Senate has passed eleven resolutions
at different times, in favor of final
adjournment of this extra session OF
the Legislature, and that the Demo.
cratic House has refused to concur,
and thus compels a continuance of
the session at daily expense to the
tax payeus Of s3,096. Go to the
polls and vote 10 "turn the rascals
out" f var
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

BUTLER, of Massachusetts, and
Pattison of Pennsylvania, are birds
of feather" and their administra-
tions illustrate reform. Buffers adj
ministration has already spent over
100000 more than that of his pred
ecessor, and has nothing to show for
it, and Pattison's extra session has,
so far, cost over $4,000, without
any profit to the people, and we are
promised more than another year OF
it, at an expense to the tax payers OF
over a million of dollars.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

IT is the duty of every Republi-
can to vote this year, and to see that
his peighbor votes with him. The
man who stays at home vii! have
no right to growl over his heavy
taxes. He deserves to be robbed il
he will not protect his property and
his rights, by his vote.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31
U, s. Postal Service.

II. ). Whitney, assistant postmaster Putnam,
Conn, writes May 5, lass have used Hunts
Remedy with the best results. l have suffered
untold agony for eighteen months with kidney
and liver complaint my water was very bad at
times actually passed blood this was followed
by general prostration. 1 was sdVised to use
Hunts Remedy by friend who had been cured
by it, a9d truly say that 1t has benefited me
more than all the other medicines have used.
consider It the best medicine for kidney and liver
troubles, and cheerfdlly recommend It to all
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31
Dragged TO Death.

DENVER, Col, Oct. 25.-0ne of
the Mexicans implicated in the mur-
der of four men ata dance near Gard
ner few nights ago was overtaken
by band of armed citizens last
night, captured and tied to the horn
of a saddle. The horse was then
frightened into a run, dragging the
poor culprit over the rocks and
stumps until lite was extinct. When
he stated he, with his CON-
panions, had been hired to commit
the murder.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

If you don't want all the cash in
the State Treasury squandered by
the ten-dollar-a day, do-nothing,
Democratic Legislature, that has
been in session since January last
at a cost of sS,o96 per day, go to the
election on Tuesday next, and vote
to turn the rascals out.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

Lieutenant Governor Chauncey
F. Black, in speech made at York
last week, told his auditors that the
thirty Republican Senators refuse to
pass apportionment bills, in obedi-
ence to the mandate of Cameron,
uttered beyond seas. Mr.. Black
must have taken the full measure OF
his fellow Democrats, when he as
sumed them to be fools enough TO
swallow such a baby-elephant asser-
tiop
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

OK the 9th of November Govern
ors will be elected in Massachusetts.
Maryland, Minnesota, and New
Jersey. Elections will also occur on
the same day in Connecticut, Missis-
sippi. Nebraska, New York, Pennsyl-
vania and Virginia.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

WHEN the Republicans were di.
vided last year and had two tickets
in the field, the Democrats carried
the State by only 354l votes. Now
that the party is again united, and
is supporting one ticket, there is
nothing to prevent an old time Re-
publican majority, if the voters 60 to
the polls
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

EVERY day that this Democratic
Legislature remains in session costs
the tax payers s5,096. Ifyou want
to stop this robbery, go to the elec'
ton and vote the full Republican
ticket. 1t is the :axes collected from
the people, that those rascals are
pocketinr.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

No one has dared to dispute the
integrity and competency of Niles
or Livsey. Why should any Repub-
lican scratch either of them for the
benefit of his Democratic opponent ?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

PArrIsoN, last year, had fewer
votes than Beaver and Stewart COM
bined. The Independents are unit
ed for the ticket this year. 1t is a
knowledge of those facts that ''gnaw
the bones of Democratic hopes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

HoADLY's majority was only 1900,
which, compared with the $4,000
majority given for the Democratic
State ticket in Ohio last year, does
not offer discouraging outlook for
the Presidential contest
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

EVERY Republican who wants to
see Republican President elected
next year, should put in his best
work now. This is the preliminary
skirmish for position in next years
great battle.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

THE only sure way to disperse the
ten dollar day Democratic Legis-
lature Is to rebuke it decidedly at
the polls. Remember this, Repub-
licans, and prepare to poll every
vote.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

REPUBLICANS The Democrats are
not relying on their own votes for
victory, but hope to WIN because Of
your apathy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

The Democrats are making a still
hunt in this county. Don't be fool
ed into the belief that they won't all
be at the polls next Tuesday.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-31

The mechanic who receives from
50 to SO per day, and the laboring
man who earns but 81 80, will bear
in mind that each member of this
Democratic Legislature is pocketlng
SO every day for an hours attend
ance, and that Governor Pattison's
extra session has already cost over
$4,000, every dollar of which has
to be paid by the tax payers.