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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
Death from Terrible Burns

BETHLEHEM, April 24.-William
Maxwell, the clerk for Roadmaster
Dinan, of the Lehigh Valley rail
road, whose lower limbs were ter
ribly burned while asleep beside the
stove in his office at Lawry's station
last February, died at st. Lukes
hospital at this place last evening.
The accident was discovered by
Maxwell's child. who ran to the
Office to see why its father remained
so long away from home. The
youngster quickly gave the alarm
ana thus saved the parent from burn
ing to death. The burns were so
terrible that night largs MASSES OF
flesh sloughed of, leaving the bone
bare i'm parts.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
BLAINE's STRENGTH.
He Needs But 10 Votes and They are
Coming.

New YORK, April Ex-senator
Warner Miller, ex-senator Platt,
Speaker Sheard and other friends OF
Mr.. Blaine were in consultation for
several hours to-day at the Fifth Av-
enue Hotel. The purpose of the
meeting was not made known, but a
friend of Mg. Blaine afterwards gave
out the following statement OF
Blaine's present strength in delegates
either already elected or certainly to
be instructed Tor him at Chicago
Alabama 8, Arkansas IA, California
16, Colorado 6, Delaware 8, Florida
4. Illinois s, Indiana 10, Iowa Is
Kansas II, Kentucky 8, Maine IA,
Maryland II, Michigan Is, Minneso
Il Z, Mississippi 2, Missouri l6. Ne
braska 9, Nevada 6, North Carolina
4, New England %, New Jersey IA
New York %, Ohio q, Oregon 6
Pennsylvania As, Texas 3, Virginia
6, West Virginia 10, Wisconsin ~
Arizona =, Washington =. TOtal
366. This is within - votes of "a
nomination. This gentleman be
liev,s the deficiency will be more
than made up in conventions not YET
held, and that without additional
delegates strictly instructed for him
he is sure OF 100 votes from delegate:
who, though committed to- othel
candidates, hold Blaine as seconC
choice.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
Terrible Death on an Elevator.

MoRRIsTowN, April 24.-William
Carr, an unmarried man. aged nine
teen years. residing at West Consho-
hocken, and employed at the Ridge
Hill iron works, was killed in d
shocking manner at the works on
Tuesday night. He and comrade
had decended on the elevator used
for hosting ore and lime. The lat
ter stepped off, and Carr grasped a
lever intending to stop the carriage.
His light having been extinguished,
1t was impossibls for him to see what
he was doing, and in the darkness
be seized the lever used in sending
the cake DIP. THIS produced such a
Jar that the Car was thrown down,
his head hanging over the side of the
bottom of the cage, which assembled
rapidly. His head struck the tim
bers surrounding the elevator, and
before the cage reached the top his
head had been battered into shape
! SIS mass, and his brains marked
the track of his ride to death. JUS
tice Hunter held an inquest,
when a verdict in accordance with
the above facts was rendered.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
An End to Bone Scraping.

Edward Sheppard, of Harrison,
Ill, says: Have received so much
benefit from Electric Bitters, ] felt it
my duty to let suffering humanity
know il. Have had a running sore
on my leg for eight years; my doc
tors tsld me | would have to have
the bone scraped or leg amputated
| used, instead, three bottles OF
Electric Bitters and seven boxes
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and my lee
is now sound and we'll"
Electric Bitters are sold at fifty
cents a bottle. and Rucklen's Arnica
Salve at fifty cents per box by c. n
Bovd.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
Cotton Mill Burned.

FALL RIVER, April 24.-Shortly
after six o'clock tonight, Sagamore
Mill No /, in the northern part OF
the city, caught fire in the basement
The help had just left. IN a very
few minutes the flames entered the
tower in the centre of the mill and
the entire tower was soon mass oi
flames. A portion of the basement
was used as a storeroom for cotton
and contained several hundred
bales. This cotton was on fire in
three placss when 6rst found, leav-
ing little doubt the fire was incendi-
arism. The mill is a total loss,
which will amount to about $780,
600. 1t was built In 1878. The in
surance is 100000 and distributed
among fourteen mutual fire insur-
ance companies.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
Fatal Faction Fight.

PErRoLIA, March 24-The Bow
ser and Barnhart factions, who are
contesting an oil lease, had terri
bic melee on Saturday night near
lrsn City, in which Bowser and an
innocent party named Andrew were
probably fatally cut. Three of the
Barnhart faction attacked Bowser,
one of them using razor, and kick
ed and slashed him horribly,
Just as the fight ended, Andre pas
sed by ON his way home. He was
mistaken for one pf Bowsers friends
pursued and overtaken and stab-
bed in the back three times. His
condition this morning is very crit
ical. The trouble was due to too
much whiskey. No arrest has been
made.
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RE EGISTER'S NOTICES.
COkFIa NATION DAY MAY oons

Notice Is hereby given 10 all Ders ,ss coneerued
as 2atees, erediiurs or otheru Use that the fol
lO"li acc, nnis h i've passed register and that
the same will e presen Ell for cubnrmation and
allowance at an Orphans Court to be held AZ som
er.et MAY 10 lss4:
flrst anu hnal account OF Aaron Zimmerman
Administrator OF Matilda Zimmerman, deed.
First aEd hnal ace unit of Daniel . Weaver
atllnistrator and Trustee FOR the sale Of the real
estate OF jacob r. Speieher decd
FIRST ans hnal sc cunt &C Joel Cfnaay and = ~
uel f1ke, Executors of John Fik dec',i
flnai account OF Cy rus Berkeypile Adninis,r.
tor OF bernard Cr0yle, decd.
Dietz decd ''i Vi ''AcV'
FIRST and inal account of Abraham Bower a,,;
decd fooyer
=, first and inal account Of Abraham Miller and
DernarI snrI Miller, Administrators Of Abraham n
First and final account Of Noah s NJ no. a.,
man. deed. "AHP SVie
u, rst account of Miehsel Long, Executor Of t,ao
Hardin, deed NNi VI be"'
~ t5si II aud tinaI account Of Hertz Keser Execu.
toT oi Joseph Ccmslins, deed.
First amt final account Of FreI w tsi..,
@NIl,nIhiS1rator OF Elizabeth Shearer lec'd
irst anu maj account OF Hiram Rev. Al
ni.nlstraior Of Conrad Brant decd ~ A'
Peter Meyers decd AS@i4'or OF
;.,r.a rlrst and nnal account of Reuben Wow adm,,
Sa.or S Of lheodore q. wOg, deed
.,eSsouu account OF l. 4. and N 4 Ereteh,o,r
rs n ni and Trustees for the sale of tn
3 rs, sac s,a 81 ksnben kretchman, decd.
Hlnis ms rator OF Jacob Gnag deed an' Au-
lhe account Of A w Bitrner a.,,atn,.. ~.
1aeoc 5 Bittn r. decd i>'fatoF OF
Aors, - oilce, ,1, A. A. sTUTZMAN
Register.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30

The only objection we have heard
urged against the nomination oi
Robert T. Lincoln TO the Presidency
is that be is too young. This obiec'
ton is rather a poor one. Mr.. LIN
coin is now 43 years old, or one year
older than Grant was when made
lieutenant general, Were he to be
elected he would be President at the
age Washington was when he took
the command OF the revolutionary
forces. He would be thirteen wears
older than Hamilton when appoint
ed Secretary of the Treasury by
Washington. He would be sixteen
years older than Henry Clay when
he came into the United States Sen
ate and eight years older than Ben
ton when he entered on his famous
career OF thirty years as United
States Senator three years the Sc
nior of Calhoun when elected Vice
President and only three years the
junior of Grant when he was first
elected President.-Er.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
Would be Lynchers Thwarted

MT. STERLING, April 25-Under
the pretext of removing prisoner
from Breashett County to the Jail
here yesterday morning before day
break, an armed body of twenty five
men tried to force their way into
the Jail and hang William Osborne
Jailer Stephens opened the door
slightly, when the foremost man
blew out his light and tried to force
the door open. Stephens was able,
being a man of grest strength, to
shut the door in their faces and
boltit. He then relit his lamp and
got his shotgun. The mob fired
through a window, the bullets bare
ly missing Mrs. Stephens.
They then broke down the outer
door and tried to overcome Stephens
and take his keys. bat he planted
himself behind projecting wall,
leveled his shotgun and dared them
to enter. They did not dare to face
the certain death with which he
menaced them, and, overawed by
his cool courage dispersed at last.
1t is though: there will be another
outbreak by large and better dis
ciplined mob.
Osborn has killed some eight or
ten men He is under sentence to
four years imprisonment for tine
last man he killed, Henry Thomas,
in Menifee, County, and is hore tor
safe keeping, pending an appeal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
Cool Courage.

Mt. STERLING, KY, April "a
Under the pretext Of furnishing a
prisoner from Brewith county to the
Jail here this morning, between l and
2 O'Clock an armed body of % men
tried to force their way into the Jail
and hang William Osborne. Jailer
Stephens opened the doors lightly,
when the foremost man blew out his
lamp and tried to force the door
open. Stephens was able. being a
man OF great strength, To shut the
door in their faces and bolt it. He
then relit his lamp, and got his shot
gun. The mob fired through win
dow, the bullet barely missing Miss
Stephens. They then broke down
the outer door and tried 10 overcome
Stephens and take his keys, but he
planted himself behind a projecting
wall, leveled his shotgun and dared
them to face the certain death with
which he menaced them, and, over
awed by his cool courage, dispersed
at last. tbs thought there will soon
be another outbreak by large and
better disciplined mob. Osborne
has killed some eight or ten men
He is under sentence to four years
Imprisonment for the last man he
killed. Henry Thomas, in Menitee
county, and is here for safe keeping,
pending an appeal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
seven bullets m His Body.

COLUMBIA, April 25.-L. r. Red
mond, the convict who was removed
from the State Penitentuary at Au
burn TO the South Carolina Peniten-
tiary at this place, and who arrived
here on the 9TH instant, is an inm tie
of the hospital and is constantly un-
der care OF the surgeon. The super
intendent of the penitentiary, Mr..
I. J. Liscomb, said to-day that If
Redmond becomes strong enough he
will put him to some light employ
ment. Redmond's transfer was Or
dered by Attorney General Brewster
at the request of Senator Butler and
the District Attorney. Redmond
was a notorious moonshiner and
had killed several men who had at
tempted to arrest him. He was f.
nally surrounded by a posse and
was literally shot to pieces. He is
a cripple, unable to work and car
ries seven bullets in his body. His
general health was rapidly failing in
the cold CLINE of Auburn, and it was
thought that his removal to the
South, where the cline was warmer
and where he could be cared for by
friends. would be beneficial.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
Under IA Snow slide.

HIGHLAND, Col, April 24.-Dur.
ing the terrible storm on Monday.
March 10, a monster snowsl,de de-
stroyed and buried under - iect of
snow the cabin in whicn Joseph aud
Sam Steele, George Morris, J F
Thorne, and J. T. Tate were living.
The site of the cabin is six miles
above this place, up Conuudrum
Gulch. The bodies of the five un-
fortunate miners were taken out the
following Friday, after much hard
work, as the snow was packed 50
solid that it had To be cut out in
blocks with an axe One of the men
was found with his pipe in his mouth
and his pocket knife clasped i'll his
hand, and the others in positions
showing concIusively that they were
all instantly killed. Thorne had
deg that he priced very highly, tina,
always made his quarters under the
bunk where the men slept, and OF
course everybody supposed the dog
was killed. On April II Mr.. Revere
and Chas. Johnson, of Aspen, were
tuhneling in the side looking for a
trunk containing valuable papers,
when they heard the dog whine,
and finally dug him out from under
the bank, alive and well. but thin
after his thirty-two days impris-
onment with nothing to eat but
snow.
The slide struck the cabin on the
side where the bank was. but lett
three rounds of logs standing, which
protected the bank and saved it
from being crushed by the mass of
snow, leaving a space OF 36 feet for
the dog.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
The Smaii-Pox at Jackson's Patch.

PoTrSvILLE, April 2f-rhe sm.ll
pox which broke out several weeks
ago at Jackson's Patch, a mining
tewn, two miles from this place, is
steadily on the increase and about
twenty cases thus far have been re-
ported. Jackson's Patch is town
organization and the people failed
to take the necessary precautlon to
prevent the spreading OF the disease
which appears in most cases to claim
Hungarians as It's victims. The
smallpox scare at Shenandoah is
about over There are no new case
and the few that remain are not
considered serious.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
A Smutty Hero.

WARREN, O., April PA train
on the Mahoning division of the
n Y, p. Il 0. railroad, of which
James Anderson WAS fireman, was
going at full speed beyond Ninel,
when the fireman discovered a lit
tie girl, Matte Meyer, walking east
on the main track. Her attention
was earnestly absorbed by moving
train Oh the sidetrack. Wholly un-
conscious of danger she tripped
, along, entirely needless of the
alarms sounded by engine SO, in
her rear. The train was approach
ing the child so rapidly that il could
not be stopped in time to prevent
her death. With remarkable pres
ence of mind Mr. Anderson step
ped from the car, ran along the side
of the engine aid reached Il position
on the platform of the pilot. At the
risk of his own life he leaped from
the engine on the track, grasp the
child in his arms at one bound
cleared the track as the ponderous
iron horse rolled by. The precarious
condition of the child and the cour-
ageous act of the fireman were wit
messed at a distance by persons who
awaited the result with anxiety.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30

The political prophets have an
nounced that the signs all indicate
that the history Of the two last Con-
ventions will be repeated; that
there will be a protracted struggle
between the leading candidates, end
ing in the nomination of Robert T.
Lincoln. Why was ever the whole
some pastime of stoning the proph-
cts, abandoned?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
Terrible Accident.

ERIE. April 20-The festitives at
tending the wedding sf Geo. Bacon
and Miss Eva Estes, of Wattsburg,
last night, were broken up by "a
shocking accident. Shortly after
the ceremony Il number of entbusi-
astic young men dragged the
town cannon opposite the house
for the purpose OF firing salvo in
honor of the bride. At the first dis
charge the piece exploded, tearing
off the arm ct William Cooper and
binding ana otherwise TERRIBLY in
ju:ing George Weed aid John How
land.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
Shot thruugh The Heart by Robbers

INDIANAPOLIS, April 25.-At one
O clock two men robbed the house
of William Wayne, farmer residing
near Berne. Adams county, securing
srAalI amount of money. The
men then went to the house of Amos
Brlckenstrous, three quarters OF Il
mile from Wayne's and forced an
entrance. The noise awakened
Brackenstrous and as he raised up
IN bed he was shot through the heart.
The house was then robbed of S73.
Two men who are suspected of the
lcrlme were arrested near Geneva and
lodged in Jail at Blnffton, Wells
county. Threats of lynching are re-
mort ed
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30

IT is but little more than a month
uDtil the Republican National Con
vention will assemble at Chicago
delegates are being selected almost
,laily, and political excitement Is
warming up TO fever heat. Penpsyl-
vania has emphatically declared in
favor of James q. Blaine, and having
thus taken her stand, is in a meas
ure a calm, but much interested
spectator Of the struggle still going
IN in other portions OF the country.
There is much excitement and ne
little noise being raised by eager,
lmpulsive. and ofttiEes imprGdent
friends of the different gentlemen
urged upon the people for nomina-
tion. and vet Of the leading favorites
Blaine. Arthur, Edmunds, Sher-
man and Lincoln-not one has
made a sign, in fact all of them have
declared in positive terms, that they
are not seeking a nomination, and
in that sense are not candidates.
This is an anomalous state Of affairs,
and vet the admirers of each, are
Just as eagerly counting the chances
and pressing their favorites as in
former times. when the aspirants
themselves were leading the col
umns Of their adherents, and it is
quite as true now, as il ever has
oeen, that the noisiest advocates OF
candidates are not the wlsest, nor
the safest counsellors. When the
Convention assent bles, it is the calm
and level heads that will shape its
ends and probably control its re-
suits, and in this lies the salvation
of the party. Its sole duty is to
place in nomination a candidate who
is Republican fairly representing
the principles Of the party, and one
who can secure to himself its united
vote. On this point ali will agree
TO nominate man who will not re-
ceive the united vote of the party
would be mere midsummer mad.
ness. To do this would be simply
inviting a Democratic victory. Only
men-and of such we think there
are but very few-who would prefel
defeat, to success with any othel
than their own favorite, would bC
guilty OF such arrant folly.
Such considerations as these will
we think, when the time for final ac
ton arrives, control majority o
the delegates. II may and will re-
suit in grave disappointment t.
those whose iavorlt8 Is not selected
but such is the case at every election
where a contest is made. The dele
gates to this Convention have beer
largely chosen by the people, anC
we take no stock in the disgracefu
attempt to impair the peoples con
tidence in them, by unfounded allie
cations that they will not observ
their instructions and pledges. w
believe'that the candidates presente,
for the votes of the Republicans @
; the country by the Chicago Conven
ton will be selected by honest an,
: honorable means, and that they vii
be the next President and Vic
| President of the United States.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
Pulled Over = precipice.


GALVESTON, Texas, April 20
rwo Italians dressed i'll the garD Of
Turks, who have been selling bead
work, left two or three days ago on
ieot for the city of Mexico. Alter
passing Roncouado, on the line of
the Mexican National Railroad, two
hundred miles from Laredo, they
were attacked and the one who car
-ied the money was lassoed around
the neck and jerked down preci
pice and Instantly killed. His COM
panion escaped by reason of his
fieetness of foot. The murderers, it
reported, have been captured and
turned over to the authorities of the
State of Coahuil9.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30


The people of the State have not
yet learned of all the folly and
fraud connected with ihe useless and
costly extra session Of the legislature.
1t is now charged that the House
journal does not contain any record
OF the last eight days of the session,
including the Governors veto of the
salary bill, the passage OF the bill
over his veto and the final adjourn
ment proceedings. If there had been
no extra session and no journal,
both State and administration would
have been much the gamers by the
omission but as there was session
the journal should be a record of al
the proceedings and not of only a
part.-Phi ilddetnhid Times.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
Muruerers Lynched.

MouNT STERLING, KY, April 23.-
Fifty masked men went to Jackson,
Brewitt county, en- Wednesday night
and took Henry Kilburne, white,
and Ben Strong, colored, who were
confined il Jail there, and hanged
them. Kilbourne was charged with
the murder OF William Thorp, last
January, aud Strong was suspected
OF being concerned in the same muir
der y notice was pinned on one OF
the victims stating that all perpetra-
tors of such crimes would receive
like punishment. Kilburne had
killed eight men.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
Democrats Victorious.

NEw ORLEANS, April 24-The re-
turns, so Ear as made from the differ
ent sections of the State, indicate a
majority of $4,000 for the Democrat
io State ticket and the adoption of
all the constitutional amendments,
The returns from this city are not
yet complete, but the majority for
the regular Democratic ticket now
approximates 1900.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
The Nominee For Congressman-at
Large

General E. A. Osborne, the Re-
publican nominee for Congressman
at-Large, was born in Wayne coun-
ty in 1889. He was educated at the
University of Pennsylvania and
graduated at the Poughkeepsie law
school. He was admitted to the bar
of Luzerne, and has a lucrative
practice at Wilkesbarre. He was
Colonel of the One Hundred and
Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Vclun-
teers all through the war and was
made a Brigadier General for his
gallant conduct. He has never fill
ed a public office
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30

LANCASTER, April "a While Amos
SeldomIidge and Rob, ri Howe were
blasting rock oE the farm of b. W
Klntzer, III Ear township, Yesterday
afternoon, a premature explosion oc-
cured. The iron rammer which
the men were using struck Seldom
ridge III the forehead, taking the
whole top of his head of and killing
him Instantly. Howe had one wrist
broken and one eye badly injured.
1t is supposed that the accident was
caused 10y the fuse tearing and the
powder igniting from the hammer
ing on the rammer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30

indianapolis Times Rep: With
all the talk that has been INDUCED
in about the machine" being for
Arthur, and delegations top heavy
with office-holders, one thing stands
out prominent the President, In
making appointments to office, has
scrupulou,ly followed the theory OF
the civil service reform. He has
made no appointments that could
help on boom for himself.
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A Startling Discovery.

Mr.. VIM. johnson, of Huron. OAK,
writes that bis wife had been troub-
led with acute Bronchitis for many
years, and that all remedies tried
gave no permanent relief, until he
procured bottle of Dr. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs,
and Colds, which had a magical ef-
feet, and produced a permanent cure.
1t is guaranteed Ia cure all Diseases
of the Throat, Lung, or Bronchitis
Lubes.
Trial Bottle Erect IA c. \ Boyd'S
Drug Store. Large Size 81 90.
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Blainr VIII Not be "A Delegate.

New York April pa relative
Of Mr.. Blaine said here to-day that
the historian has been recently be-
sieged with requests from friends
and neighbors to go as delegate
to the Republican National conven-
tion. He has positively declined
that honor, or to take any step that
would, even by implication, place
him In the rank of candidates for
the presidency.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30

The Republicans of Connecticut
at their State Convention on Wed
resday last, endorsed the admins
tration of President Arthur, and de
clared in favor of General Joseph Il
Hawlev, Of that State, for President