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kidnapping al Sea.

BosToN, June 2S.-Captain Hard
ing, of the brig Aristos, from Fayal,
states that on the 10Th inst, latitude
~, longitude $3.50, being short of
provisions, he sighted a Dutch ship,
and dispatched a boat containing
the first mate, two seamen and three
passengers to the ship to obtain a
supply Of food. Shortly afterward
the wind increased to strong breeze,
when the captain was astonished to
observe the ship put about and
steer away on her course, carrying
off the boats crew and the passen-
gers. Captain Harding kept COM
pany with the ship until the next
day, when she passed out of sight,
but he could not get near enough to
ascertain her name or destination.
She bore West-southwest, and was
probably bound for New York.
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A Lite Girls FriShtful DEATH

WARWICK, n. Y. June ga
frightful accident occurred at Belle
vale near this village, on Tuesday
afternoon: Frances Quackenbush,
aged nine, the daughter of Theodore
Quackenbush, was playing in Sand
ford's grist mill, riding on one of the
horizontal grinding stones with a
playmate. When she stepped to
get down her dress caught in the
wheel and she was whirled around.
Her head struck a hopper at every
revolution. The mill was stopped as
soon as possible, but the skull of the
unfortunate girl was crushed and the
scalp almost torn off. Her legs
wound arouud ashaft and dislocated
both at the knees and one thigh
bone, her collar bone and ribs were
broken. The child lived until nine
O'Clock, when she expired in great
agony.
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Stage Robbers.

HELENA. Montana, June 27.-At
three o'clock on Saturday morning,
while the Helena-bound Deer Lodge
coach was crossing the main range
OF the Rocky Mountains. eighteen
miles west of this city, two men with
handkerchiefs tied across the lower
part of their faces stepped from the
bush and ordered the driver to halt.
John Mccormick, a post trader at
Fort Missoula, was on the box with
the driver, and drawing a six-shoot-
er, quickly opened fire on the high
waymen. One was badly hurt and
crawled back into the brush. The
other returned McCormick's fire.
seriously wounding one of the wheel
horses. The team took fright and
ran, and was soon out of the robbers
range. Three other passengers were
on board, but were unharmed. The
treasure box was on the coach fol.
lowing the one attacked. Officers
from Helena are now on the trail of
the robbers.
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The Result Of Smoking in Bed

SHENANDOAH, June 2S.-This af-
ternoon Polander, whose name is
unknown. living on Main street,
went TO bed with 4 lighted pipe in
his mouth. He soon fell sound
asleep. A spark from his pipe set
fire to his clothing. The flames
spread rapidly and in a few minutes
the bed and the whole interior of
the room was on fire. An alarm was
quickly sounded and the fire depart
ment Just arrived in time to prevent
a serious conflagration. The burn
ing building was located in a COM
pactly built block of frame tenement
houses The excitement was so
great that the Polander was almost
forgotten, but after some difficulty
he was taken out, but not until he
received a severe scorching and was
almost suffocated. His injuries may
prove fatal.
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Fory-seven Persons Roasted Alive.

LONDON. June pa frightful fire
occurred at the Puppet theater in
Denri on the shore of Lake Como.
Tie show was in a large hall, one OF
the cotton sheds. There were 80 per-
sons in the hall. A Bengal light
was used to present fire, the sparks
from this set fire to quantity OF
straw and firewood in an adjacent
room. On perceiving the flames a
showman cried fire" but the spec
tators thought the cry was merely a
realistic detail of the show and re-
mained seated. Cries of fire were
soon raised outside the hall and the
audience thinking an affray had
arisen in the street barred with a
heavy table the door leading from
the hall. They did not discover
their mistake until the flames burst
into the room. After the fire was
extinguished AZ charred corpses were
found near the table, including the
bodies of the Snowman and wife.
A large portion of the bodies at
Dewio are women and children. The
wounded were hurt by leaping
through windows. A child was flung
out of the window by its mother and
fell ON a pile of straw. This Is the
only one of the spectators present IN
the hall not hurt.
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THE folly of the present extra
session Of the Legislature is now
manifest, to the dullest OF all dull
Democrats. 1t has united the Re
publican party, and exposed the
partisan folly OF our youthful Re
form Governor. The Republicans of
the Senate are now firmly united for
the first time, and have agreed upon
a Congressional apportionment bill,
as their uJtimahtn., which gives the
Democrats eleven and the Republi-
cans seventeen districts. The Dem
ocrats must therefore take what was
offered them at the regular session,
and accept the odium Of the extra
one, or risk the consequences Of re-
jecting a fair proposal, based on rs
nearly equal average population as
is possible
Nothing so far has been done at
this extra session. except the intro
duction Of an appropriation bill 10
pay expenses till the 9TH day Of this
month. The items given for this
thirty-one days session are rs fol-
lows:
Senate-Salaries, sl5, 800: mileage,
for Senator'S, 8, ,261 senate station
cry, $500; senate clerks, 81 ,240: SER
( geant-at-arms, etc, s3,402 senate
pages, $50; senate chaplain, s93 ;
Record postage, $50: contingent ex-
penses, s254 indexing journal, $40
supplies, $40; mileage for officers,
employees, sS71,50.
House Representative salaries,
S62,3l0; mileage, sll,9G2 03; sta
tiOnery, 5000, clerks. S1.550: SER
geant-at-arms, etc, s3,4l0: pages,
1919; chaplain s93; Record, 500 +;
contingent expenses, $500; indexing
journal, $40; supplies $50; mileage
of officers, employees, sS12; Legisla-
tive Record, s6 so per page ; Record
wrappers, 81 80 per set; indexing
Record, s25. The whole amount.
outside of printing the Record and
wrappers, is sl0S,915.
What a beautiful showing this is
for the much vaunted Reform ad-
ministration the people We're prom
ised during the last campaign.
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Wednesdays Fi"od

ASHLAND, Pa, June 2S.-Twenty-
three collieries were flooded by yes
terday's storm. causing loss ofover
$4,000. Colliery work has been
suspended and it will take considera-
bic time to make the necessary
repairs. Trains are still greatly de-
layed, owing TO the numerous wash
outs throughout the country.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, June 2S.-A
partial stoppage of the water running
into the Conyngham Mine was eff
fected to-day. Officials of the Della
ware and Hudson Company are
here. Upon arriving they ordered
all idle men into service to repair
and prevent further damage to the
mines. Teams are hauling rocks,
which are thrown into the broken bot
tom, while hundreds of mules are drag
ging felled trees TO tho cave-in. a
portion of the branch railroad has
dropped down, temporarily stopping
the coal trains. No estimate can be
formed az to the extent of the dam
age. Thousands of persons visited
the great gap this afternoon.
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Heroic Act

SHENANDOAH, June 2S.-The Le-
high Railroad, near Rappahannock
station. crosses a bridge over a II
foot gully. The storms OF yesterday
washed away this bridge and several
hundred feet of track. This occur
red after night, and was not discov-
cred BY any of the eompany's en-
ployes. A train was due here from
that direction at midnight. Shortly
before its arrival John Thompson,
a watchman on the Reading Road,
which runs near by, noticed the
washout, and, crossing over to the
brake, he signaled the train to
stop. Receiving no attention, he
ran down the track in front of the
locomotive, narrowly escaping death,
but effecting his purpose. The train
was filled with passengers, whose
gratitude to their preserver was
warmly expressed.
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FrightfuI Railroad Collision

CHARLESTON, s. c., June 2S.-The
fast express train from Summerville
this morning, when three miles from
this city, was turned from the main
track into a siding by a misplaced
switch and came into collision with
two loaded cars, which were stand
ing on the side track. The engineer,
J. ). Smith, was instantly killed, and
the colOreG fireman, Paul Washing
ton, received injuries from which he
died later in the day. The engine
was demolished and the engineers
body was cut completely in two.
There were about $50 passengers on
the train, none of whom were hurt.
They owe their lives TO the heroism
ofthe engineer, who, instead of Jump
ing from the engine after the train
left the main track, occupied himself
during the run of seventy-five yards
to the scene of the collision in re-
versing the engine and putting on
the air-brakes. The accident was
caused by the carelessness of q Sec
ton master, who was repairing the
switch at the time. The Coroner s
jury in their verdict, lay all the
blame on the section master, II. q.
Stewart. lie was arrested and mas
been committed to jail in default OF
$1,000 bail.
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A Shocking Occurrence.

RICHMOND, Va, June 25.-lnforma-
ton was received here to day OF the
killing of Colonel B. l.. Farinhold, OF
Essex county, on Saturday. Early
in the week he had misunderstand-
ing with blacksmith whose name
is not known here, and a 6ght ensued
and the blacksmith got worsted. On
Saturday, Colonel Farinholt, hearing
of threats made by the blacksmith,
went to the latter's shop armed with
a five pound weight, but before ne
could use it his opponent assaulted
him with a sledge hammer and
crushed his skull, killing him
instantly. Colonel Farinhold was a
man of considerable prominence in
Essex county, where he had large
monetary interests.
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A Monument to Lee.

LEXINGTON, Va, June 28.-Valen.
tines recumbent figure of General
Robert +. Lee was unveiled here to-
day with imposing ceremonies in
the presence of six thousand people
General Wade Hampton acted as
chief marshal, and General George
Stewart as assistant marshal. The
procession formed on the University
campus at 8 o'clock and marched to
the cemetery, and having decorated
the grave of Stonewall Jackson, re-
turned and paid like honor to the
tomb of General Lee. The exercises
were opened on the University cam
pus by prayer by Rev. r. ] Mcbride
of Grace Church, after which Gener-
al Jubal A. Eearly, the presiding
officer, after few fitting remark
introduced the orator ofthe occasion
Major John w. Daniel. After the
close of the address, Father Ryan
was introduced and recited his origi-
nal poem, 1.-The Sword of Lee, u
which was received with loud APP
plause. Among the distinguished
persons were ex Governor Smith, W.
w. Corcoran, the eminent Washing
ton banker; Governor Letcher, Gener-
al w. +. H. Lee, Governor Fitz Lee,
ex-Chancellor Bruce, of Louisville,
Mrs Stonewall Jackson and dauph-
ter, General Corse, General Lilley,
Mrs. General Pickett, Mrs. General
J. f. b. Stewart, Hon. c. r. Breck-
enridge, of Arkansas. After the lit
erary exercises the Rockbridge artil-
lery fired several salutas from con-
federate guns used in the first battle
of Manass, after which the Memorial
Chamber wss thrown open to the
public, and was thronged for hours
with visitors.
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Assault and Murder.

ATLANTA, Ga, June pa spe-
cial to the Constitution says: "In
Butts county, John Kelly and wife
were at work in the corn field for Mr.
Sleisle, when Mrs. Kelly went to the
house to prepare dinner. Hearing
screams, Kelly rushed to the house
and found Sleigle assaulting his wife.
Sleigle thereupon reached for a shot
gun and fired at and killed Kelly,
blowing his head to pieces"
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Sale Of Jersey Cattle.

New YORK, June 2S.-A sale OF
imported Jersey cattle came off here
to-day, and among the higher prices
obtained were the following; "Ex-
mouth, a , year old heifer, $500
"Kanata," II year old cow, s210
Strata" Il , year old heifer, $3.50
"Darlas Counties" q , year old heif
er, $40 "Aosta," Il ; year old cow
s465; 4 year old COW, $500; "Pi
lots Fanchon," , year old heifer
$3.50. l.. Loeser, OF Somerville, \. }
paid $3.50 for the COW Royal Lass.
and 81 900 for the > year old heifel
"Cetewayo's Dorcas." Sixty-foul
head of cattle were sold during th'
dav for SIS ,S95.
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New Depots.

PITrsBURG,. June 2S.-Engineer
Trump, of the Pennsylvania Rail
road, whose office is in this city, is
receiving proposals for the erection
of an immense freight depot on the
sight of the present structure at the
foot of Liberty street. The new
building will be ninety-nine feet
wide, G03 feet long and "a feet high.
The walls will be OF pressed brick
and granite. 1t is also stated that
the company will shortly advertise
for bids for the erection Of magnif,
icent passenger depot IN this city.
1t will be four squares nearer the
business centre than the present de-
mot
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Fr,ghtful Explosion.

SOUTH CHICAGO, H., June ga
terrific explosion occurred this morn
ing at blast furnace No. ), in the
North Chicago Rolling Mills, Thirty
five tons of molten iron We're scat
tered in every direction. Two men
were horribly burned and will
die. Fifteen men were more or less
severely burned. The accident is
believed to have been caused by n
defective flue in the steamer blast.
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Business Failing.

New YORK, June 29-The number
of failures throughout the entire
country for the first half of the year
ending to-day, as reported by RIG.
Dun & Co, is 1857, against 1897 dur
ing the same period in 1882 and 2S-
62 in 1881. The total amount of IL
abilities for the first half of 1883 is
s66, 100000, for the same period in
1882 it was s50,0000O0. and in 1881
S40,000,000.
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The Champion Cow.

BALTIMORE, June 2S.-A seven
days test of the Jersey cow, Value
ID, 6,S44, owned by Watts 4 Seth,
of this city, was completed to-day by
a committee of the Maryland
Improved Live Stock Breeders AS
sociation and Colonel c. NJ. Weld, OF
New York, on the part of the Amer
lean Jersey Cattle Club. The cow
was MIXED at intervals of eight
hours, yielding 327 pounds of milk,
from which was produced % pounds
and 2 Hip ounce of butter. The
COW was bred in New Jersey and
was purchased last fall by her pres
ent owners for $4,000. She is pro-
nounced the best butter-producing
COW in the United States.
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Haw an Old Man Was Duped.

GLEN CITY, Pa, June PA de-
tective is here looking into the rob-
berry of Elmer Snyder, a wealthy
farmer. Snyder's wife died five
years ago from grief because her son
ran away. Two weeks ago young
man came to town and claimed to be
the long lost son. Mr.. Snyder took
him to his home. Last Wednesday
a woman appeared on the scene and
was introduced rs a friend from Phil
adelphia. On Friday morning Mr..
Snyder was found bound and gagged
in his room by the servants. His
alleged son and the woman had rob
bed him of property to the value OF
$500. The man is confidence
operator of Chicago and the woman
confederate.
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Outlaws.

LITTLE Rock, June 2S.-Lawless-
ness has long existed in the corner
OF Garland, Tell and Montgomery
counties, where outlaws have organ
lied & reign of terror. In April VIM.
Potter was assassinated and the
criminals openly defy arrest. Last
Sunday an armed party took pos
session Of neighborhood church
and drawing arms on the preacher,
compelled him to read notice nam
ing officers and leading citizens to
leave the county or be killed. To
day Governor Berry issued aprocla-
nation urging the sheriff and other
officers of these counties and all
good citizens to use every effort to
hunt down the desperadoes. He ex-
presseda a determination to break up
this murderous band.
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THE Philadelphia Press of Thurs
day last, conspicuously parades an
interview with John Stewart, late
Independent candidate for Governor.
in which that gentleman, with much
self gloriication, is made to an
nounce that the Republican party
will be united and triumphant this
year, mainly as the result of the re-
volt of last year. We care much
more for the result of the coming
canvass, than we do for the incorrect
and braggadocio vaporings of Mr..
Stewart, or for the means by which
he proposes TO again return to the
party fold, but we heartily agree
with the views of the Lancaster In
quirer as to the course of the Press
in parading this interview" Says
that journal
This is in accordance with the
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-07-04

THE year 1888 seems destined by
its disasters from cyclones, floods,
fires and panics, to pass into history
as the most calamitous ever record
ed. There seems to be some unseen
fatality in the universe, and destruc-
ton and death from some quarter
come as regular as the day. The
last on the list of destructive forces
is the appearance of the dreaded
scourge cholera, directly in its old
line of travel.
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Ending a Quarrel With Murder.

DANvMLE, Va, June pa few
days ago a quarrel arose between the
Grant and Manning families, re,
sidents of the northern parts of
Pittsylville county, about some fowls
which J. ". Manning was accused
Of killing. 1t is stated that George
7. Grant was thereupon urged by
his mother to kill Manning, and
that he crept on him while he was
at work in a field, shot him five
times and afterwards beat him with
his fist and stamped upon him say
ing: "Now,-you, die" Manning
died the following day. Grant es-
caped.
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Damage by Rain.

BEDFORD, Pa, June 26.-A heavy
rain storm visited this neighborhood
last night. Bridges, fences and a
part of the tracks of the Bedford
Division of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road were washed away. The low
lying part of this town was inundat-
ed, the water rushing into the house
and rising to a height of several feet.
Great damage was done to crops in
the western part of this county.
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Escape OF "a Missouri Murderer.

Sr. Louis, June 29.-At Biender
City, kasper county, Mo-, Yesterday
Lane Britton was arrested on 4
charge of murder committed some
time ago in Newton. After his ar
rest Britton was permitted to go into
his house to get his coat. He reap
peared with revolver and opened
fire on his captors, instantly killing
one OF them. A. \. Davis, and NOR
tally wounding the other, G. G..
Davis. He then mounted "a horse
and fled. A large party of citizens
are in pursuit, but Britton has prob
ably escaped into the Indian Jerri-
tory. He is L desperate man, and
has once before been tried for mur-
der.
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Three Men Died on One ScafYoId.

FORT SMITH, Ark, June 29.-Three
murderers, Martin Joseph, negro
William II. Finch, a white man, and
Tualista, Creek Indian, were exect-
ed here to-day. Tualista killed
Emanuel c. Cochran, who was on his
way to Texas, by shooting him from
behind, in July, 1881; Finch shot
and killed Burt Johnson and Wash
ington Grimky, two colored soldiers,
in July, 1882, by whom he was ar.
rested as a deserter from the army,
and Joseph killed Bud Stevens and
his wife in April last.
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SUPERINTENDENT SNoWDEN, of the
Philadelphia Mint. says that he has
been turning out about a ton Of sill.
Yer day for some time past. The
most of this is in dollars. and small
er coin, notably dimes. There is
also turned out So 900 worth of nick
els a day, and the demand for them
is ahead of the production. About
three-quarters of a ton OF pennies are
manufactured daily, and are taken
as fast as made.
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strnck by a Tornado.

TRENTON, y. j., June 30.-A tor
nado struck Penn's Manor, small
village in Bucks county. Pa, about
; o'clock this afternoon, and did ex-
tensive damage generally. The large
tobacco warehouses were unrooied
and the cases of stripped tobacco
were undone. The most damage
was done TO Robbins tobacco ware
house. The loss will aggregate about
$1,000. Trees were blown down and
carriages along the road We're upset
and their occupants thrown out.
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OK last Saturday evening the re-
peal of the law requiring stamps on
matches, bank checks and proprie-
tary medicines, took effect. Hereafter
stamps will not be required on these
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Cholera's Frightful Ravages.

DAMTETFA, June 2S.-One hun
dred and twentv-nine deaths have
occurred here during the last TWEEN
ty-four hours, one hundred and thir-
teen of which were from cholera.
At Port Said an order has been is
sued prohibiting any persons from
going to other towns in Egypt. Yes.
sells proceeding from Ismailia to
Suez are forbidden to communicate
with the stations on the canal
owing to fears that cholera may thu:
be spread.
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Horse Thieves.

GREENsECRG. June 2S.-A well or
ganlzed band of horse thieves is work
ing in the southern end OF West
moreland county. They are daring
and bold and thus far very success
ful in their operations. Within the
past few days three horses have dis
in the.vicinity of Scottdale,
and two horses, buggy and a set of
harness are missing at Mt. Pleasant.
The farmers have decided to resort
to the protection of a vigilance COM
mittee.
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4 GENERAL war is being inaugura-
ted on the trade dollar. In New
York and other cities the banks re-
fuse to take them. They were never
intended for circulation in this
country, are not . legal tender for
debts, and the sooner they are ban
ished the better. They are worth
only the value of the silver they
contain. which is now about eighty
five cents.
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Shot in the Back.

LANCASTER, June 26.-Sam Cat
tin, colored man, employed on p
Judges farm, was arrested to-day for
criminal intimacy with Judges
daughter, 4 very young white girl,
who gave birth to colored baby
two weeks ago. When being taken
to prison Gattlin was shot in the
back by an unknown person, and
his death is hourly expected.
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assinine policy the Press has pursued
all through the difficulties in the
Republican party in this State Ev-
erything it has done has been calcu-
lated rather to iniure than benefit
the Republicans. The bringing for
ward Of leader of one faction now
to glorify himself and his associates
is no doubt very gratifying to few
pig-headed partisans but il is not
calculated to bring about that har-
mony and concert of action that all
true Republicans desire. The party
will unite and work together if it is
let alone and would-be leaders keep
in the back ground. The surest way
to keep up dissension is to be forever
talking about it.
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Encouragement of districts.

POPULATION is flowing so rapidly
into Dakota that next year she will
have citizens enough to make two
States, and her people viii not only
knock at the door of Congress for
admission, but threaten to knock
oct of time, any set of men or party
that will stand in the wav.