The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-05-23

Miscellaneous Items.
Gov. Pattison has been invited to
deliver the address at Allentown on
Decoration Day.
The immigrants into Canada for
four months of the present year
numbered 22,255.
Nine culprits were whipped at the
post in Wilmington, Del, Saturday,
for various offenses.
There were fourteen deaths from
yellow fever in Havanna during the
week ended Saturday last
On the 10th inst, NJ. G. Beeson,
member of the Indiana Legislature,
cut his throat at Richmond with
pocket knife.
Philadelphia has about one hun
dred millionaires within its limits.
Anthony Drexel heads the list, with
sl3,O0OOOO.
The commissioners of Adams
county have offered rewards for the
capture of persons that start fires in
the mountains.
Col. A. X. Dunkle, the retiring
Secretary of Internal Affairs, pro-
poses to locate in Mexico and en-
gage in railroad enterprises there.
The increased acreage of wheat in
North Dakota and the Red River
Valley is estimated at Is per cent.
The weather has been very favora-
BILE.
The gentlemen's spring style hat
for general wear will continue to be
a black, blue or brown Derby of me-
dunn height, with wider brim and
binding.
Rev. Charles Steck, a former
Johnstown minister, has left the
pulpit for the stage, and on Satur-
day inaugurated his dramatic career
in Indiana in Hamlet.
All the saloons in Wilkesbarre,
$50 in number, were closed on Sun
day, owing to the efforts of the LAW
and Order Association" The cigar
stores were also closed.
The wheat crop authorities of San
Francisco now state that the harvest
will be the greatest California ever
had. The present indications are
it will possibly make it the banner
State.
A Jury in Armstrong county has
a verdict for E. S. Golden
against the estate of j. E. Brown,
millionaire OF Kittanning, for $780,
900. His claim was for services
rendered.
Thomas Walsh, of Chicago, who
whipped his wife to death with a
leather strap, and pleaded guilty,
was sentenced by Judge Barnun on
Tuesday to thirty-five years in the
penitentiary.
Congressman Kelly, from whose
mouth tumor was removed several
days ago is doing as well as could
be expected, and his physician states
that he will be able to leave his bed
in a few days.
There was terrific hail storm on
evening at Terrell, Texas.
There were no casualties, except the
killing of a few stock. A stone
found two hours after the storm
half a pound.
The shoemaker's lockout at
is enforced against
Ill members of the Trades Union.
So far no disturbance is reported.
Between 1900 and 1000 employees
ire deprived of work.
Miss Bragg, niece of General
Bragg, residing a Bonham, Texas,
,ne day last week saturated her
,lothing with coal oil, then applied
, match and was fatally burned.
Cause, protracted i'll health.
In a quarrel last week on train
,f the Cincinnati Northern road,
bringing a picnic home, general
shooting and cutting affray occurred,
lbout twelve miles from Cincinnati.
Five men were seriously wounded.
A new counterfeit five dollar gold
,oin has made its appearance. 1t
ourports to be a coin of the United
States struck at New Orleans in
lS43. 1t is heavily plated, and is
and one-half grains light.
1t is charged bv the Clearfeld
Citizen that the Colony that started
or Montana under the leadership of
;wo men from Centre county, few
weeks ago, has been swindled in the
purchase of sterile farming lands.
Many of the Colonists have returned
nome.
William Connors, aged 26, who shot
md killed two men and cut two
,thers during drunken quarrel at
1lepmary, Tenn, yesterday, was
ynched last night. After he was
hanged his body was riddled with
bullets by the coal miners.
A dispatch saws that the Presi-
lent has accepted another fifty mile
section of the Northern Pacific rail-
-oad in Montana. This section
which was recently completed ex-
ends from the FIVE hundred and fif-
,ieth to the six hundreth mile of the
.oad west of the Missouri river.
Advices from Just received from
he Cariso mining district, Western
Texas. say immense deposits Of
chloride and horn silver have been
in the section of country
wing between the Pecos river and
Rio Grande. Surface groupings Of
horn silver are said to be the richest
On the continent.
The highest county seat in PENN
sylvania is Somerset, it being 2.lO6