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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

of personal dishonesty and lack
of official integrity, that have been
brought against Mr.. Blaine and have
set their emphatic verdict upon him.
Sustained by such an overwhelming
victory at home, there can be no
doubt that the Republicans of other
States, when the proper time comes,
will approve the verdict of their fell
lows in Maine, and that in Novem-
Der next, James G. Blaine will be Sc
leeted as the next President of the
United States.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17
Mangled by Rats.


LYNNPoRT, September 10.-On
Tuesday evening Perry Long and
his wife, of Jacksonville, Lehigh
county, were at neighbors house,
leaving their infant and servant at
home. The child was asleep in the
cradle and the servant in an adjoin-
ing room, when suddenly the child
screamed. The servant rushed into
the room and found that lot of
rats had attacked the little one.
They had eaten the one finger nearly
off and lacerated the hand seriously
in several other places. The child
was also bitten in the face and
breast, and nearly died from loss of
blood.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

CLEAR LAKE, Wis.,. September 10
"A cyclone struck this place late
yesterday afternoon and devastation
was the result. Three lives were lost
and the greater portion of the town
is in ruins. The scenes after the
storm passed we're horrible in the
extreme. Men. women and chill
dren were running about in a perfect
frenzy of excitement and fear. Here
and there people could be seen COM
ing out of their cellars, almost para
lyzed with fear. The strongest man
was as little child, for no human
power could resist the terrible force
of the wind. A house was taken n
from its foundations and turned
completely around. A large barn
was blown away. leaving the floor
and managers with the horses peace
fully eating their supper. A little
child was taken in the arms of the
tempest and landed in the branches
of tree. only slightly injured. A
large farmhouse was blown COM
pletely out of sight and not one par
ticle of the house or contents could
be found, although search for miss
was made in the track of the storm
The family had fortunately taken
refuge in the cellar. Many families
are left destitute.
At Marine, Mimi, fifteen or TWEEN
ty houses were wrecked by the cy-
clone and number of persons were
injured. Nearly all the doctors Of
this city are out there. The house
of David Lyman, four miles above
Saltwater, on the road to Marine,
was blown down and some ofthe in
mates injured. Only small por
ton of the storm struck Saltwater
and some of the tents at the fair
grounds were torn into ribbons.
One-half of the lighter structures
in Clayton. Wis we're blown down
by the storm last night. The cy-
clone struck there about 6 p. M, do
ing nearly all the damage in fifteen
minutes.
The storm at Chippewa Falls,
Wis, was the worst of the season.
The river is now sixteen feet above
low water and is still rising rapidly.
Competent judges look for much
higher rise. In this case the upper
bridge over the dam will probably
go. as it is badly strained.
Rock RAPIDS, Iowa, September
10.-The heaviest storm of the sea-
son commenced at 6 o'clock last
night and continued until 1880 D. N.
Some hail accompanied it. No spe
cial damage has been reported in
this vicinity.
WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn., Sep
tember 10.-A cyclone struck this
place at 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon. Its track was less than a
mile and half wide. There was
the usual funnel-shaped clouds,
slightly green in color. Mr.. brakes
fine large house, to the west of the
town, suffered seriously. Most of
the windows were blown in and
other damage was done. The sheds
of the Duluth Railroad were demol-
ished and hundreds of trees were
blown across the track between
White Bear Station and Dellwood.
Some persons assert that tt ere were
two storms, one from the southwest
and the other from the northwest,
and that they met at White
Bear.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

COUNTY


FOR ASSEMBLY
ANDREW J. COLBoRN, Of Somerset BOT
WILLIAM 3. MORGAN, iJenner Twp
FOR PRoTHoNoTARY,
NORMAN h. .CRITCHFIELD, ofJenner lNl
FOR SHERIFF,
JOHN WINTERS, Of Somerset Twp
FoR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
CHARLES c. SHAFER- ofSomersct bor'
FOR TREASURER.
CYRUS c. SCHR0CK. Of Somerset Twp.
FOR COMMISSIONER,
PETER DUMBAULD. Of Milford Twp.
ADAMC. LEPLEY. Of Eiklick Twp,
FoR POOR HOUSE DIRECTOR
JOSIAH ANKENI, OF Somerset Twp.
FoRcoUSTG AUDiTogs,
JACOB X. BOWMAN. Of Somerset Twp
Joseph W. MEYERS. OF Milford Twp.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17
Fearful Death.

CLEAR SPRINGS, September 12-
Thursday Henry Sprayer went out
with his mower and horses to cut
clover. While going around the
field the horses became frightened
at something and ran away. MIR.
Sprayer was unable to hold them
and when making short turn he
was thrown from the machine in
front Of the knives. Unable to get
away in time, the keen blades caught
him and severed his legs and head
almost completely from his body.
The unfortunate man was q tanner
and farmer, was quite rich and held
in high esteem in the community in
which he lived.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17
FstSl Mistake

TIrUsvILLE, September lC.-At
Kerr Hill, near this city, last even
ing, Mrs. Rebecca Mclaughlin and
her young child we've fatally burned
by an explosion, which followed Mrs.
McLaughlin's attempt to fl Q light
ed oil stove with kerosene. Both
died at an early hour this morning.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17
Work OF an IncendIary.

WAsHINeToN, Pa. September 3D.
A tenant house on the premises of j.
B. Miller, Canton was totally destroy
ed by FIRE, the work of an incendiary
late last night The family of S.
Kisner, who occupied the building,
fed in their night clothes. They
eaved but little of their property.
Mr. Miller's loss is $1,000. There
is no insurance,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

Two years ago, Secretary Folger
was defeated for Governor of New
York by nearly 100000 majority.
Last week forty thousand people
with evidences of profound sorrow
followed his body to the grave.
Alas for the folly, and fickleness,
and spleen of the populace.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17
Polite Highwaymeu.

MIENEApoLIs, Mimi, September
IA party of northern Pacific
Railroad tourists from California,
gentleman and two ladies, who ar
rived here, report that while driving
through the Yellowstone National
Park in Montana one day last week
they were halted by armed masked
robbers FIVE miles from the Upper
Geyser, and robbed of their money,
watches and other valuables, but
escaped personal injury. One OF the
outlaws, a picturesque brigand nam
ed Gentleman Jep," took ring
from the finger of one of the ladies
and kissed her hand and returned
the rlng.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

THREE more States will vote before
the November election. Georgia for
Governor and Legislature, October
1st Ohio for minor State officers
and Congressman, October l4th and
on the same day West Virginia will
elect State officers, Congressman and
aoicleture
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17
Disrillery Blown Up.

PEKIN, September 10.-The Enter
prise distillery was blown to atoms
this morning. Three men we're kill
ed and several others buried In the
ruins. Spellman & Dohenry were
the owners of the distillery. t. HI.
Hierenymans, United States Gauger,
Shatter, the engineer, and George
Grail, were badly scalded and will
probably die. Andy Duffey was
thrown so feet in the air and in
stantly killed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17
GLEANINGS.
He Knows Him.

II shall speak from the record,
and / soM dsk to be ostricised from
all decent society If Icanaot point to
corruption stalking straight to the
door Of the Erecutire mansion and
knocking at The door and coming out
oC the door acih all that corruption
sought at the expense Of the people.
II / cannot prore that brides that acere
kao,ca 10 fail an The Assemblyin 1888
lcere placed so near Mr.. Qeretand
thai If he does rot hare the money he
can get IL at any time-if l cannot
prore that. / am not ,chat 1 profess
10 be .r'-.SenGtor Grodys speech be-
fore IammaHy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

From New York comes the report
that it is practically settled that Mr..
Blaine is to make trip to Ohio for
the purpose of waking up the can
vass. Cleveland, Toledo, and Gin
c;nnati are designated as the points
10 be visited.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

Coy. MoRTeN once said, Demo
crats always ride with their backs to
the engine, and never see anything
until they have passed it." The fact
was never better illustrated than the
lsfe electlen in Maine.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

III having been charged by the
Democrats that Mr. Blaine had
promised General Neal Dow TO vote
for the Prohibitory amendment, the
General comes to the front and says
the statement is a falsehood.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

WHEN the Republicans of Maine
estimated that their majority would
be from 5000 to 10000, the Demo
Gratis insisted that unless it was 90
600, it would not signify anything.
Well. it is more than 10000. Is that
significant enough?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

LAST year Ohio went 1900 Dem
ocratic, when it goes 10000 Repub-
lican next month, the Democrats
will say as they do Of Vermont and
Maine, that it isn't much Of a show
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

ONO will be the scene ofthe next
pitched battle. As Blaine and Pro-
lection are the watchwords, there is
no fear of the result.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

BoSNER has eight trotters in his
stable that has cost him 1927 600.
They are I've Elliott. Edwin Forest,
Edward Everett, Startle, Pocahontas,
Dexter, Rarus and Maud S. He is
only a poor newspaper man.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

TEE best lske OF the campaign is
General Buffers speeches against
the capitalists who opposes "us
working nea-" Poor, horny hand
ed. old Ben" is starving with only
$4,000 in his pocket.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

EAU CLAIRE, Wis, September IL.
The boom on pine creek, tribu-
tary of Chippewa river, went out late
last night and the water in the Chip
pewa rose rapidly. This with the
floating logs carried away the upper
bridge of the Wisconsin Central at
Chippewa Falls, and also the lower
bridge between there and this city.
The Milwaukee & st. Paul bridge,
and all the city bridges here and
the city bridge at Chippewa Falls,
are carried away. The Omaha bridge
at the latter place has not yet gone,
but there is no telling what may
happen as the water gets higher,
The Omaha railroad bank is being
badly washed. The water is flood
ed the streets of this city, doing great
damage. The Mau Claire and Chip
pewa rivers are higher than ever
known before. The water is run
ming over the principal streets, and
many building on the lower grounds
are floating away. Half million
feet of logs hsve broken from boom
near Eddy Mills and are floating
down the stream.
GREAT DAMAGE INFLICTED.
Both Chippewa and EauClaire riy-
ers began falling at noon, after reach
ing the unprecedented height of 26
feet. 3 feet higher than the great
flood of 1880. Every bridge on
the Chippewa has gone out-five
railroad bridges and five wagon
bridges. In this city the loss of
property is appalling. No satisfac-
tory estimate can be made at this
tirae, Between Chippewa Falls and
Ea uClaire the loss will not fall short
of 81, 100000, and may greatly ex-
cetle that sum. The EauClaire Gas
Co mpany lose $50 tons of coal and
all the buildings valued at 5000.
Bu siness houses on both sides of
thu, two rivers are submerged.
CIR eat apprehension is felt lest when
ths waters recede the foundations |
ms y be so much impaired as to
cru mble the walls. In this city
oyt n two hundred houses have been
;w ept away. Only one lite was lost
as far as heard from. While this
lis patch is heing written three
oui ldings on Bridge street, West
Sid e, have fallen. They belonged to
Fred Bonell, A. d. Chappell and
]. +. Ewing.
The latest from the flooded dis
lri, rs indicate that the waters are re-
,eoling at Chippewa Falls. but rising
At Eau Claire, where the water is
fou feet deep in the Western Un-
ION Office.
SOME LATER DETAILS.
The water in Chippewa has fallen
about three feet since noon. Near
y 40 dwellings have been swept
away or wrecked, and 1000 people
are depending upon neighbors who
i've on high ground for shelter and (
ood. Tonight relief committees
nave been organized and hundreds
Of people are being fed in the Court
He use and gospel tent of Y. VI. C. A.,
while the most destitute are being
AK en- care of in private houses.
Che lumber companies all lose
very heavily, but the heaviest losses
ire suffered by the poor people who ,
have had their homes swept away.
The newspaper offices have all been
Hooded, and no paper has been is
sued to-day or will be tomorrow,
except the Leader, which issues
small sheet printed on job press.
The only lie lost in the flood here {
was man named Ehler, drowned
while trying to rescue mis- sick
wife.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

BEFORE the Maine election, Dem
ocratic journals were chuckling over
the fact that the Republicans had
no soap" that the clerks in the de-
partments would pay no assess
ments, and that Blaine's friends
were in desperate straits. Now we
are told that the State was carried
by bribery, and that the Republicans
spent s260,000 ia the canvass.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

The Republicans and Greenback-
ers of Missouri have agreed to sup
port The same candidate for Gov
ernor. The old Bourbons are badly
scared and are prancing around with
blood in their ewes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

GEN. BUTLER is on the stump out
west, mauling both Republicans and
Democrats. He is acting on the
principle of the Irishman in a serim-
mage-wherever you see head, hit
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

The Democratic editors who con-
ceded 5000 Republican majority in
Maine, while they gleefully assured
their friends in private that it would
not be over FIVE thousand. bpilded
better than they knew.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

The Independents started out to
hunt with brass band. Since Ner-
mont and Maine have been heard
from, a penny whistle makes louder
music than they care to hear.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

Mrs Belva A. Lockwood is real,
rightly" candidate for President. The
campaign slanderer has already at
tackled her character for honesty.
He alleges her back hair is false.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

The Democrats made a still hunt
in Maine, and they are still hunting
for the disgruntled Republicans that
are going to slaughter Blaine in his
own State.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

Ir is rumored among politicians
that President Arthur is ambitious
to represent New York in the United
States Senate. That State has no
man more worthy of the honor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

SENATOR GRADY, of New York,
one of the great Tammany orators
says he will prove that the moral
Reform Governor has bribes in bis
pocket.n Turn the rascals out. /"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

Speaker Carlisle's private secreta-
ry, Henry L. Nelson, certifies to the
Boston Herald that Mr.. Cleveland,
late sheriff of back county in New
York." is good free trader. He
says:
There is no doubt OF Mr.. Cleve-
lands position, and he is as thor
oughly in earnest in the cause of
revenue reform as is his friend Mr..
Dorsheimer. In the contest in Con-
gress last winter he stood with Car
Isle and Morrison, and against Ran
Dali. 1t is within my personal
knowledge that he wrote letters to
New York members of Congress urg
ing them to vote with Mr.. Morrison,
both on the question of consideration
and on the motion to strike out the
enacting clause of the Morrison bill.
At least one vote, and perhaps more,
was gained for the bill by these let
tiers.
1t is cheering to know that Mr..
Cleveland is with the free traders,
not only on the main question, i. e.,
whether ther ought TO pass Morri-
son bill, but also "on the question of
consideration" i. e., how much they
ought to get.-Inter- Ocean.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

THE temperance men OF Maine
mean business. The majority tor
the prohibitory amendment to the
Constitution is over 10000.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

FIVE hundred Mormon converts
landed at New York last week.
There will soon be a large accession
of Democratic voters.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

The 81. Mary's Institute Journal
Catholic paper published at Ans
terdam, New York, wants Horatio
Seymour put at the head of the
Democratic ticket in place of Cleve-
land, and gives the following reason
for it at is time to read our Ma
tional conventions the lesson that
the placing of a leecher in nomina-
tion for the highest Office in the
gift of the people is an outrage on
the Christian sense Of the commu-
nifty"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

AFTER long waiting, Tammany
last week endorsed Cleveland, with
a wink over its shoulder at the Wild
ow Butler.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

Iris thought that the chills with
which the Democracy were troubled
last week, produced tie present cold
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

THEY ought to stop counting up IN
Maine 10000 majority is enough
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

WHEN Cleveland hears from Maine
he will wish he had stayed in the
woods.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

The editor of the New York World
whines through a column because
James G. Blaine owns house and
lot in Washington which brings him
several thousand dollars per year
rent The Indianapolis Journal in
reply says:
Mr.. Joseph Pulitzer entered life
coachman, so reported. He now
owns the st. Louis Post Dispatch
and the New York World. Did Mr..
Pulitzer rise in the world honestly,
and is his present wealth the result
of legitimate business ability and
methods? We think it is and We
honor him for his capacity and sue
cess. 1t is pitiful, cowardly, dirty
innuendo which would make it APP
pear that any man in public life who
has gained competence has done
so dishonesty.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

TWENTY-FIVE thousand majority In
Vermont, and twenty-one thousand
in Maine. is not bad send off for
the campaign
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

A solid Republican Congressional
DELEGATION from Maine Turn the
rascals out.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17
More than half of the Irish voters

More than half of the Irish voters
of Augusta, Mr.. Blaine's home for
thirty years. voted the Republican
ticket on Monday. At the Repub-
lican jubilee that night ]. J. Mailer
q leading Irish-Amercan made a
speech, in which he said that they
had decided to strip off the rusty
shackles of Democracy and vote for
principle, and three rousing cheers
were given for the Irish Americans
of Augusta. And yet, according to
the Post, Mr.. Blaine was once a
KnowNothing, and indorsea The
action of a mob in tarring and feath-
ering a Roman Catholic priest
PjHsburg Commercial Gazette.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17
Lime '

From the Celebra ated Peck Limestone Ledge
furnished aboard the cars at eur kilns near Pine
dfOve at cents per bushel, rnslaeksd. Orders
promptly hllcd. For fusther particulars call on
the undssIsig3ed-
lockwood, Pa, or
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17

There is trouble in "Alt Barks. +"
The Democratic candidate for coun-
ty treasurer it has been discovered
allowed his old mother to live and
die in the poor house although he
was worth $4,000. The decent
Democrats declare that unless he is
taken off the ticket they will not
only refuse to vote for him but they
will vote against him, and the pres
ent outlook promises that this num-
Der will be large enough to defeat
him.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17
THE TARIFF QUESTION.

HARRISBURG, September IL
Among the Dauphin county people
at present in Europe is Mr.. A. S.
Matheson. one of the owners of the
Middletown Tube Works, the largest
mandatory OF the kind in America.
Mr.. Matheson writes from Scotland
to friend in Middletown as follows
on the tariff question, having visited
the iron districts of Great Britain for
the purpose of comparing notes:
''In travelling through the country
here one cannot fail 10 observe the
many idle mills and factories, par
ticularly those in the iron districts.
Many large and extensive blast fur
naces and mills are going to ruin,
having stood idle for years. In one
part of the Staffordshire district |
visited many plants were standing
idle and great many more had
been totally destroyed and swept
out of existence. These are all OBJ
jects that cause one in the present
in our country of protec-
ton or free trade to consider serious
ly whether we
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-09-17
CAN STAND FREE TRADE.

England, with her pauper labor
and many idle mills to start up,
conld swamp US in short time with
free trade, and our only protection
at present is our tariff. Or without
it, then We must have pauper labor
also, and l doubt if our workingmen
can stand this, after living like men,
compared with the pauper condition
of the classes here. ! hope the
workingmen of our country will not
be led away with false notions in
the present Presidential campaign
to vote the Democratic ticket, for in
the success of that party lies the deg
radiation of our working classes.
Great Britain wants the Democratic
party to succeed, and is doing all
she can to assist that party. That
is sufficient proof to us that the Re
publican party should be upheld.
AFRAID OF BLAINE.
The British fear the election of
Blaine because they know he is a
representative man, and will hold
the position of our Nation with prop
er dignity, and look after the protec-
tive interests of our people. The
papers here rarely mention Ameri-
can news except of damaging char
acter. They take good care to men
ton the bad said of Blaine
and all the good of Cleve-
land. My visits among the mills in
our own line show them far behind
US. You see men doing things
about mill that we never allow
mems hands to touch and when you
ask why they do it of the manage
ment they say: oh, labor is cheap
and a few men extra is no object to
u.s. an evidence that though their
product is SO small compared with
ours, that without our tariff they
could undersell US, because their
item of labor is of no importance,
being only 20 per cent, of the total
cost OF manufactured iron materials
while in our country it is some
60 per cent, for labor alone"