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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-02
CHEER FoRTBE DEMOCRACY

The Democrats may take courage.
Their organization of the House has
melted the hearts of the icicular
Tories and burning Radicals ofEng-
land. The Tories begin to prick up
their ears as they hear the view
halloo of American free traders, and
congratulate this country upon its
gravitation toward the policy OF
England. The Radicals, as one
Tory paper declares, though for
wears more in sympathy with the
Republican party Of this country
than with any other, are making
ready to take the Democracy to their
arms. Thus a touch of free trade
makes Tory, Radical and American
Bourbon kin.
1t must be very pleasant and
encouraging to Democrats to know
that the election Of a free trade
Speaker can rejoice the hearts of a
whole nation across the water. The
nation across the water, you know
has been deeply grieved for twenty
wears because We could not compete
with her merchants and manufac.
lures in the markets of the world
England wants US toshare the worlds
trade with her, and her great states
men lie awake nights because we dc
not share in England's prosperity
England's statesmen look over here
and weep because our workingmer
do not wear English shoddy, which i:
cheap, you know, and do wear sub
stantial clothes of American fabrics
which are not so cheap as saoddy
you will observe.
1t will encourage Democrats t.
know that English Tories and Eng
| lish Radicals desire their success IL
1SS4. They want the American
tariff swept away, so that the United
States can grow big and prosperou
| like England. There is no thought o
the profit of English manufacturer
and monopolist in the hearts ofthes'
English statesmen. No. They on
lily desired the prosperity of tn,
United States. And the Englisl
manufactures are desirous of the
prosperity of American manufacture:
also. They do not want to hoO'
four markets with their cheap goods
They only want our manufacture
to compete with them in all tn
markets Of the world. That is all
They say that free trade will no
benefit them. but that protection
keeps us spring pool.-Norh AmeI
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-02
A Bishops wedding.

DENVER, Col, December o.
Bishop Henry Warren, of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, and Mrs.
Elizabeth S. Iliff, were married here
to day by the Right Rev. Bishop
Simpson, of Philadelphia, in the
brides half million dollar house.
The groom is widower, with three
children, and was elected bishop in
1880. Mrs. Iliff is the widow of the
late John Iliff. the Colorado cattle
king, since whose death she has
managed her own affairs, and has
become known as the Cattle Queen
shipping $4,000 head of cattle to
Chicago each year. At the reception
in the brides residence many prom.
inent people of Colorado and from
the East were present. The newly
welded pair left for Cuba, via New
and Old Mexico.
Mrs. Warren's first marriage was
romantic. Some thirteen years age
she left her home in the East ''tc
make her fortune in Colorado" " pro-
vided with a certificate as a sewing
machine agent and prepared to teach
school. She went to work In Den
yer, and one day she entered the
office of Mr.. Iliff, then just coming
into prominence a cattle king. She
could not sell a machine, but she
won the young cattle kings heart
and they were soon married.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-02
A strange Christianity.

CoALToN, December 2S.-Urlah
Wales had been member OF tne
Free Christian Church for nearly 80
years and was a class leader ana
exhorter. His wife was not com
municant. and frequently rldlculed
her husbands S enthusiasm In hls re-
ligion. Ten years ago he told her
he would not speak to her again un-
til she had seen her error and expe-
rienced religion. He kept his word,
and the couple never exchanged a
word until last week. All eommu-
nication between them was conduct
ed through son.
Early in the present month re-
vival of religion began in the church.
Mrs. Wales was converted last week.
Her husband on Thursday evening
arose in church and said that he had
been a widower for ten years, but
that now he thanked God he had a
wife" Mrs. Wales created sensa-
ton by rising in her seat and saying
that she did not believe man who
was, s,truly religious could deliberately
ignore his wife for ten years, and
asked that special prayers be offered
for the conversion of her husband
She then turned to him. and said
'Uriah, get on your knees, ask
forgiveness for your sins, and be
awakened to the error of your ways
L will lead you to The lord myself.
She walked toward the seat where
he was sitting. He arose hurriedly
and went out of church. Since then
he has not been seen, and no trace
of him can be found.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-02

instance. Turner, of Georgia, is chair
I man of Elections, and backed by
southern ex-rebels and northern
doughfaces. will make it no easy task
for northern Republican contest
ants to get show. Jonn Randolph
Tucker. of Virginia, is chairman OF
the judiciary. Think of justice pat
termed after southern ideas. The
venerable Wylett H. Buckner, ct
Missouri presides over banking and
currency, and viii revive some OF
his old time hobbies on the currency
question. The redoubtable Bland,
with his silver dollar craze, has
charge of coinage, weights and meas
ures. The people will now get their
fill of silver. The ancient Reagan,
postmaster general of the defunct
confederacy, has charge CT leglsla-
ton on our merchant marine. Willis
of Kentucky, will see that the south
gets the lions share of the surplus
millions in river and harbor steals.
Money, Of Mississippi, will have
charge of postal affairs, with its star
routes and fat contracts. Wellborn,
of Texas, viii have his grip on In
dian affairs. Evans, OF South Caro-
lima. will have the territories to look
after. Hewitt, of Alabama, and a
choice selection of ex-rebels with a
few doughfaces will determine what
legislation shall be had for the pen
sioners of the Governmet. And so
with Agriculture, railroads and ca
nails, mines and mining, and that
most stupendous of all Jobs, the
levees and improvement of the Mis-
sissippi.
Thus about all the best commit
tees charged with legislation on sub
iects most directly affecting the inter
ests of the people, and where there
are most opportunities for a thrifty
legislator to serve his country and
himself at the same time, have been
farmed out among the southern
members, whe have given notice
that they viii run things in the fu-
ture .te suit themselves.
On the other hand the northern
Democrats with controlling influ'
ence of southern representatives be,
hind them have ways and means
constructed in hostility to the inter,
ests of capital and labor, also appro
priations, foreign affairs, military
and naval affairs, manufactures
public lands, militia, public build
Iings, Pacific railroads, invalid pen
sions and labor.-Harrisb1Tg Tele
qrdph.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-02
How 10 Get Rid of Tramps.

TRENTON. n. j., Dec. 29.-The
stone breaking process with ball
and chain attachment. adopted for
tramps hereabouts by the free
holders some weeks ago, has been
more than successful, the tramps
having left for parts unknown.
Those who were arrested at the time
the law went into effect departed
from the city the moment they were
released from confinement and work.
There are only five tramps now in
the county Jail and three of them
will be released on Monday. One
of the inspectors will also be dis
charged on Monday because there
is nothing for him to do. The plan
was test one but its success has
been SO great that it will probably
be adopted in most of the counties
OF the state.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-02
Run Down by a Mob.

ST. LOUIS, December 27.-At Sli.
go, Dent county, this State, two
brothers named George and James
Winfield. keepers of an unlicensed
groggery, and generally feared by
the community, quarreled with a
man named Brewney Hinch, and
seizing an opportunity when he was
occupied in card playing, leaped
upon him and buried their knives
in his throat.
The brothers then gathered up all
their money and movable valuables
and took to the woods. The first
public intimation given the citizens
of the occurrence was when one Of
the eye witnesses went to attend
Christmas service at church. The
service was at once abandoned and
a lynching party organized to run
Gown the murderers and hang them
At sundown they were so hard
pressed they took to a swamp, where
they we're surrounded with hardly q
chance of escape.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-02
Murdered by Negroes.

YAzoo CITY, December 25.-John
T. Posey, of the firm Of Williams d
Posey, was insulted last night by
John James, ii colored butcher. At
ter going away and getting some
friends, Posey returned with them
to where James was last seen, when,
without warning, the party was fired
upon. John Posey, C. Posey and
Jasper Nichc,lls were riddled with
buckshot and instantly killed. H.
G. Ellet was dangerously, and Fritz
Hallder slightly wounded. The ne
groes had organized, and, under
cover cf the intense darkness of the
night, had shot down these gentle
men, who refrained from shooting
because the streets were full of men
and boys not connected with the
difficulty. Only one of the negroes
has been apprehended.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-02
Bloody Street Fight

ALLENDALE, December 26.-A
street fight occurred on Christmas in
which two persons were killed ard
FIVE others wounded. The circum-
stances are as follows: John Hud-
lett, marshal of the town, and sons
John and Tom, and grandsons Evan
and Joyce Strange, had an alterca-
ton with Frank Weaver and Uley
Middleton, in which the two Strang-
es were wounded. Returning from
the fight, which was carried on until
Weaver and Middleton got nearly
out of town, they met L. B. and f.
O'Brian and Gus Allen returning
from a dinner party, when one OF
the Strange boys insulted them. A
general fight enSued, sticks, knives
and pistols were freely used. Evan
Strange and Tom Hudlett were kill
ed outright, the two John Hudletts
severely wounded and two O'Brians
slightly.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-02
Frozen to Death

New HAVEN, December 26.-The
crew of the bark Mohawk from New
York for Calcutta had terrible ex-
perience in Long Island Sound on
Sunday. The crew consisted of
Captain Grassland, two mates and
thirteen sailors, Irishmen, Norwe-
gians and japanese. Pilot O'Brien
says that during thirty years expert
ence he never saw more bitter day
than Sunday. The wind was north,
an icy blizzard set in, the pilot lost
his reckoning. The ship was cover
ed with ice and snow, all the crew
were frost bitten, some were SO badly
frozen that their limbs refused the
call to duty. Several were sent aloit
to loosen sail; one, Sonita Ogete, a
japanese, fell to the deck with q
wild scream and died in three
hours.
When the weather began to mod
crate the frost began to ooze from the
bodies, the skin pulled out, the hands
and feet looked like great bags OF
water. Their agony prevented sleep,
and there was nothing on board TO
relieve pain. Anchorage was I'M
possible and there were not ablebod-
led men enough on board to man a
boat Yesterday they reached this
harbor after perilous trip. Pilot
O'Brien reached shore and secured
relief. Aid reached the vessel this
morning. Nine of the men are now
at the hospital; three will have to
suffer amputation. As soon as new
crew can be secured the Mohawk will
sail for Calcutta. No such hardship
has ever been experienced by any
crew on a vessel sailing through
Long Island Sound in fifty years.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-02
Texan Tragedy.

JEFFERSON, December 21.-Wm.
Brown and Lou Stiles were rivals
for the affection of Miss Matte Sher-
rard, the belle of the rancho. After a
rather romantic and stirring court
ship, mostly in the saddle, Stiles
won her love and the wedding day
was set for Christmas. Three days
before, however, Brown succeeded in
eloping with and marrying the tickle
maiden. The two men met on the
road yesterday afternoon, when a
desperate duel to the death took
place between them. After emptying G
their revolvers into each other, they
closed in with bowie knives, and
Brown. who was almost 4 giant in
strength, literally carved his antago-
mist to pieces and then fled.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-02
A Church Riot.

FULTON, Mo-, December 27.-At
the Richland church, about six
miles north of town. the negroes had
festival and oyster supper last
evening. Everything passed of
quietly until about 10 o'clock, when
the psaceable crowd was converted
into a mob. Clubs, razors and pis-
tolls filled the air, rendered hideous
bv screams and profanity, Sam Bru-
ner. Cave Brown, Sim Leach and
George White taking active parts.
Bruner was struck over the head
with a club and taken from the
church for dead, but came to life
after time. He was reported dead
this morning. A number of others
received slight injuries.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-02
Bcheaded.

PoTTsvILLE, December 2S.-On
Christmas night the head of Anthony
Roley, young man residing at
Shoemaker's, this county, was found
near the station at that place and
taken to his late home. Some hours
later his body was found some dis
tance of. Roley was twenty two
years of age and unmarried. He
had been to Mahanoy City on Christ
mas and left on the six o'clock train
for his home. He was perfectly
sober and the manner in which he
met his death is not positively
known. 1t is believed, however
that in jumping off the train, which
did not stop at the station, he fell
under the wheels and had his head
and arm cut off and that his cloth
ing catching on the cars his body
was dragged some distance further
on.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-02
Mrs. Shermans : Escape.

ST. LOUIS, December 27.-General
Sherman's wife and elder daughter,
Miss Rachael, yesterday afternoon
had hairbreath escape from death.
The two ladies had been attending
church at st. Xavier's, on Ninth
and Lucas avenue, and had just
seated themselves in their carriage
to go home when their horses be-
came frightened and bolted up Lu-
cas- avenue. The horses galloped
madly onward, despite the frantic
efforts of the ladies to control them,
and dashed into the lamp post and
awning in front of the colored church
at Eleventh and Lucas streets. The
ladies were taken out of the wreck
uninjured, but badly frightened.
One of the horses had its spine bro
ken and had to be shot.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-02
Painful Accident.

HUNTINGDON, December 26.-Mai.
VIM. F. Johnson met with a serious
if not fatal accident at his residence
in this city tonight. While carry
ing lighted coal oil lamp up stairs
he suddenly fell backwards, causing
the lamp to explode and burning
him in horrible manner. The left
side of his body is a charred mass of
flesh, his arm being so badly burned
as to necessitate amputation. His
finger nails have dropped off and
particles of flesh have fallen from
his wounds. Grave doubts are en-
tertained of his recovery, as it is fear
ed his injuries will result in pye-
mia.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-02
Three Men Lynched.

McDADE, Tex, Dec. 25.-Henry
Pfeiffer, Wright McLemore and Thad
McLemere were taken from saloon
by fifty well armed, masked men last
night and carried a mile into the
bush, where they were hanged to a
tree. Thad McLemore was under
arrest at the time, having been taken
early in the evening on charge OF
burglary, preferred by S. J. Walker,
of this town. Pfeiffer was under in
dictment for horse theft in this
county.
To-day six men, friends and rela-
tives of the men hanged, came to
town and picked quarrel with Tom
Bishop and George Milton, and a
fight with reyolvers ard shot guns
ensued. Two of the sextette, Jack
Bayley and Asa Bayley, were killed
and a third, Hayward Bayley, was
badly wounded.
GALVESTON, December 26.-An
authentic report from McDade, Tex,
scene oflynching and the sanguinary
street fight, says there was no trouble
there last night or this morning, and
it is thought there is no immediate
danger of more bloodshed, although
considerable excitement exists.
Many citizens of the country are in
the town, armed with rifles, and
propose to keep things quiet. Two
compaeies of militia arrived in Nc
Dade this morning. They were not
needed and returned home. A. M.
Stevens, another of the six mer who
raised a street figh: subsequent to
the lynching has been captured by
the officers. He is slightly wounded
At 2:45 y. m., the inquest on the
five bodies was still progressing al
McDade. Milton and Bishop, who
were attacked on the street by friend,
of the men lynched, are under arrest
and will be examined to-day. 1t is
considered that they were justified
in killing the two Bavley boys
Every good man in the county ii
ready to go their security.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-02
The Dukes-Nutt Tragedy.

UNIoNTowN, December 25.-Cash-
ier F. C. Breckenridge received on
December 1st the following anony-
nous letter:
You --i What are you
afraid of when you meet me on the
street? You look like a dog, you
skulking murderer. I'll have your
hearts blood The paupers out the
lane want money to defend that
devil in Jail. The rope is ready for
him, and you are the one who help
ed put it there, curse you. Your
days are numbered. FELL Lizzie
Mutt to sell her piano, and let the
paupers move out of that brick
house. Dukes is dead, but his
avengers live. There are no paupers
in the Dukes family; they never lie
or beg. How do you think you will
feel when the bullets rattle through
your old bones? They are ready for
you. Good by until we see you in
court.
GOGGLES.
As this was written but few days
before the trial of young Matt was to
come up, it is thought it was for the
purpose of intimidating Brecken-
ridge from testifying. The latter
was Captain Nuts nephew, and
witnessed his murder by Dukes.
His testimony angered Dukes
friends On Sunday night last the
same unknown hand placed the fol-
lowing note under the door of Col.
Ewing Brownfeld, who is president
of the Peoples Bank of which
Breckenridge is Cashier:
Mr.. Brownield: Be on your guard.
Clark Breckenridge will be shot at
his desk. This is your first and last
warning. Again, be on your guard.
This is not the town for his home.
Breckenridge does hot have any
fears, but thinks he knows who the
writer is.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-02
Recovering the Dead.

DESvER, December 25.-Further
particulars of the terrible accident
at the Virginia mine, near Ouray, on
Friday last, have just been received
by a special messenger. Immediate
ly upon the receipt of the news OF
the disaster party of 81 persons
left Ouray to bring in the dead. The
journey to the mine was made in the
face of great peril, as a terrible storm
was raging. After having cared for
the wounded and improvised sleds
for the bodies of those killed the
party started on their return. When
the Cumberland basin was reached
a second snow slide occurred, but
the party succeeded in reaching the
edge of the avalanche before it struck
them and thus escaped instant death.
The sleds containing four dead bod
les, however, were carried 1000 feet
down the mountain side to a preci-
pice 800 feet high over which they
were hurled and there they must
remain until spring. The party Fl.
nally reached Ouray nearly dead
from exhaustion.
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Shot by a Dog.


KAYKAKEE, Dec. 29.-On Christ
mas morning, George Case, young
man living in Petone, village about
fifteen miles Northeast of here, went
hunting. When he reached the
woods he halted and rested the butt
of his cooked gun on the ground
the muzzle pointing towards his
head. Case then called to his dog,
which was running about a short
distance off. The animal ran to his
master and jumped upon his breast
In doing SO he pressed the trigger
with one of his hind feet and the gun
was discharged, instantly killing
Case
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The Nihilists' Fate.

LONDON, December 27.-Anether
horrible tale of suffering comes from
the Russian prisons the victim being
one Netshsjef, a Nihilist, sentenced
in 1872 to twenty years penal servi-
tude in the mines of Siberia. He
was never deported to Siberia, but
has served eleven years of his impIis-
onment in the Fortress of Alexes
Ravelin, which is built on one OF
the marshy islands in the River
Neva, near st. Petersburg. He has
succeeded in getting letter SNUG
gled from the fortress and published
in the WI ofthe people, which fully
confirms the regulations of cruelty
which have recently been made by
prisoners in the fortress of St. Peter
and st. Paul and the Troubetskoi
CASTOR. The dungeons in which the
prisoners are confined are below the
water level in the adjoining river,
and are bitterly cold and damp in
Winter, while in Summer malaria
and scurvy are frightfully preva-
lent.
A new horror has now been added
to these gloomy vaults; the men
and women confined there are kept
within their cells and confined from
one years end TO another, outdoor
exercise, which was formerly allowed
for one hour in the tventy-four, hay
ing been entirely suspended since
the assassination of the late Gar
The prison officials practice the most
shameless extortions upon the pris-
oners as long as their money lasts
and prisoners without money are
fed on horsef1esh and chained in the
outer range of cells, where, between
their battles with the water and the
rats, they soon perish.
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Killed by a SnowsIide.

ALMA, Col, December "a snow
slide near Montezuma on Monday
carried John Headstrong, John Ahl-
strom and John Ling, three miners,
half mile down the mountain.
Ahlstrom and Ling were found yes
terday badly frozen, and will proba-
bly, die. Headstrom. who is still
missing, must have been killed.
DENVER, Dec. 27.-The following
is list OF those killed by the snow
slide at the Mendoza mine on the
oath inst. J. H.. Bond, C. S. Her
rick, Thomas Dunningan, William
Taylor, John Davis, VIM. Apple
white, f. Slater and Lewis Huck-
ins.
At Silverton a terrific windstorm
set in on the 18th instant and ragged
furiously for six days, proving the
most disastrous to life ever known.
OF the five persons who were Sc
riously injured at the Virginia mine
on Friday, three have since died,
making a total of nine persons who
lost their lives by that accident.
Yesterday miner named Breet-
waller was buried in snowslide at
the head of Clement Creek. His
body cannot be recovered until
spring.
Yesterday two men, whose names
were not learned, were caught in a
snowslide near Ironton, and were
carried a long distance down the
side of the mountain. When extri
Gated they were frozen from the
waist down, the flesh opening in
seams. They cannot recover.
A train of % freightcar at Monu-
ment was overturned by a higl
wind on the 25th instant, and g
number of cattle were killed.
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successful Readmen.

SAN FRANCISCO, December pa
special dispatch from huntingdon,
Baker county, Oregon, reports a
number of highway robberies at
that place by gang of seven men.
AT the point of a pistol they robbed
a merchant named J. Tyfer of cash
and drafts to the amount of s15 600.
The paymaster of the railroad con-
structlon company was robbed of
$1,000. Other persons we're reliev-
ed ofsums ranging in amount from
500 to $500. There being no con-
stabulary force in the county it is
thought that the highwaymen will
escape with their booty.