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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-02-27

GR,ss SEEDs-Have in stock large quantity
prime timothy, very low in price Also
small and mammoth clover al prices low as
can be sold.
Co.E 4 HrrprrS
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-02-27

BoRoUGH AND TOWNSHIP oFFIcERs.-At
the election held in the different Boroughs
and Townships of the County on Tuesday
of last week, the following named persons
were elected;
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The business portion of IaPorte is now lighted by
thirty electric lamps. se4
Charles Cross has been arrested at Jeffersonvie as
deserter from the United States army and taken to
Louisville for trial
The Elkhart City Council have voted for system OF
water-works to cost $4,000 year, which is TO be
controlled by Chicago firm.
w. c. DePauw paid his city taxes at New Albany
this week His personal taxes amounted to 81 294.-
80. He pays about $4,000 taxes in that city yearly
J. L. Cowgirl boot and shoe merchant of North
Manchester, has made assignment to D w. Kris
per His liabilities about SIS, 900, and his assets
$4,000
Alfred Wright aged 81 years was instantly killed on
Thursday night at Wrghts station ten miles north of
Rockport. He was drunk, laid down on the Airline
track, and train over him.
On Thursday morning David w. Carpenter ex-city
marshal of New Albany. eowhided Walter Williams
young married man. of that place, who clerks in a
dry goods store Mr.. Carpenter had understood that
Williams had made remarks refecting on the charac
ter of his daughter, girl about Ia years old.
Burglars broke into the office of the Adams Express
Company, at Aurora, Thursday night blew open the
safe and took $500. During the night horse belong
ing to DR.. A. B. Haines and buggy belonging to
County Auditor SEVERN were stolen. The safe of
Herdegress q KreSs grocers, also burglarized
and about $500 in money taken therefrom. Aurora
is too near Cincinnati
Peter Smith, who has been an inmate of the Knox
county poor-house for years, and who was
bounced from that institution Thursday refused to
leave and drawing knife about to attack the su
in jail Smith is able-boded but has an aversion to
work and previous superintendent have been afraid
to discharge him. He is suspected of burning the
poor-house three years ago.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, April 5.-Representative Reagan
of Texas who has been in critical condition for the
past two days will recover say his friends tonight
He is one of the most prominent monuments to the
Confederacy living and his death would be received
in the South as sadly as that of jeff Davis.
VIM. q. Starr has been commissioned postmaster at
Blooming Grove, Ind.
postofice has been established at Johnstown,
Greene county Indiana.
Postmaster general and Mrs. Gresham who, with
the superintendent of the railway mail service and
wife, left to-day for Florida does not expect to be
absent but few days.
Mr.. Amos Webster, Chief Clerk Of the Treasury
Department resigned because of his failure to be ap-
pointed Assistant Secretary. Mr.. Theodore F.
Swazee, of New Jersey appointed his successor.
The House committee postofices and post-roads
has directed a subcommittee consisting of Messrs.
Rogers, Ward, ]. NJ Taylor, Bingham and Wakefield
to prepare bill providing for the contract system of
postal biography.
Representative Stewart of Texas has been directed
to-day by the House committee foreign affairs to
prepare bill providing for the appointment of three
commissioners to visit Mexico, Central and South
America to information relating the nereas-
ing commercial interests between those countries and
the United States. The bill is TO provide an appro-
priation of $40 900.
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A vacant existence ended.

LIBERTY, April 25-The Herald gives account
of Sarah McGreer who died last Saturday eighty
seven years old, ffty-fve years of which had been
spent in the poorhouses of Union and Fayette
ties For the last thirty years her home has been
between the bare walls of cell her bed loose straw
the floor, and her only covering loose gown. She
had one son, IDIOT known through this county as
William Thomas McGreer who died several years
ago Sally McGreer, during her grlhood and the first
years of her married life, was possessed of ordinary
intelligence. She with her husband lived in Aquina
Fayette, county. In his drunken moods he beat and
abused his wife, and, at last, day during OF
his drunken revels, struck her the head with a
club from the effects of which she passed through
half century of years with a mind shrouded in
rayless night, happily unmindful of the misery in
which she was enyeloped
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Ell MAHprs REBELLION.
RumOr that KhartOum Has Fallen, and that
Gordon Is a Prisoner.

RumOr that Khartoum Has Fallen, and that
Gordon Is a Prisoner.
LONDON, April 25.-'Fhe Pail Mall Gazette ex-
presses a belief that the government will not
relieve Berber, but will wait for the rebel
lion to spread to Egypt, instead of
crushing it at Khartoum. The Gazette urges
the dispatch of reinforeements of 5000 men to
Egypt, or England's withdrawal from the coun
try. ANY other course" it continues, "would
be madness The transports, after bringing the
English troops home, might restore the entente
coraiale by conveying French army of occupa-
ton to save Egypt from anarchy"
A native paper publishes a rumor that Khar-
tOum has fallen. that General Gordon is pris
oner. and that the natives are signing a petition
for an English protectorate for ten years
The troops from Shendy have arrived at Ko
rosko. They lost fifty Eve men on the journey.
A Cairo correspondent of the Daily News
says "A telegram from Berber dated April %,
states that the reports of the recent massacre
at Shendy are exaggerated. The loss of the
refugees and soldiers was only slight. Hussein
Pasha. Governor Of Berber says he and the
garrison viii die at their post of duty
Some uneasiness is felt at Suaki1n, owing to
the presence of Osnan Digma at Honduk. The
British men of-war Briton and Ranger are pre-
pared to repel Osman if he attacks the town.
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STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
An Adams County FARM House Invaded
and It's Owner Shot Dead in Bed.
Arrest of Two Men Charged with the Crime
The People Greatly Excited and Talk
ing of Misunderstanding.
INDIANA.

Murder and Robbery in Adams County
Suspected Men Arrested.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Fort WAYNE, April 25.-At 1890 this morning
two men went to the house of William Wayne a
farmer living Boone, Adams county, thirty-si
miles south of Fort Wayne, the Richmond road,
presented revolvers and obtained his money 1876.
They then went three-quarters of mile further,
forced an entrance into Amos Brackenstross house,
and, he from bed shot him through the heart
killing him instantly. They procured $73 and re-
volver Brackenstros leaves widow but no children.
Two strange men were seen this forenoon near Ge-
neva, and "a large party Of citizens is in pursuit
Great excitement prevails.
LArER.-The men were captured brought to town,
and are now in the hands of Sheriff McGriff. Strong
talk of lynchng prevails and the only chance to
them seems to be absolute proof of innocence.
A special from Geneva says: 1.-TWO men, believed
by their surprised actions to be the murderers of
Amos Brockenstros, pursued by four men from
Geneva. The pursuers were joined by Others and,
one mile southeast of Geneva the men were sur
rounded and surrendered. later report says the
men were put on narrow-guage train and taken to
the Wells county jail Adams county has Jail.
Great excitement prevails at Button and many in
dignant citizens were passengers the train. The
Wells county jail is one, and may resist mob.
Sheriff Justus was in Fort Wayne today, making
anxious inquiry for the murderers. He returned the
evening train to Bluffton, receipt of telegram
that the nnrderers had been lodged in his jail.
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ADOCToR,s. DREAM.
Avision that Proved Fortunate for a Mother
and Her Baby.

anu E1er DaDys
Atlanta (Ga.) SPECIAL.
Walter Phelps Stuart made his advent into
the world under remarkable circumstances in a
Pullman car ON the Western & Atlantic road
during the terrible storm last week. On Tues
day night, when fifty sixty miles north of
Acworth, Ca DR.. Walter of Marietta, O..
who was passenger on the car, had vivid
dream OF wrapping newly-born infant in a
sheet. His vision seemed to indicate that the
mother was in the car. The dream made such
an impression on him that he arose and asked the
porter if any one on the train was sick. Yes"
replied the porter, "a lady is very seasick and
we have telegraphed ahead for physician"
The doctor, having volunteered to attend her,
gave his opinion of her condition snd she adj
mitted that it might possibly be so. The result
was that with her husbands consent he took the
case in hand, and in half an hour the number of
passengers was increased by one. 1t was not
until daylight that the infant had other swad-
ding clothes than a sheet, and the first garment
was a decidedly novel one. The only other fe-
male passenger aboard was young lady who
had never in her life made a babys dress The
doctor said to her: 'You must take hold now
Ii you will do the sewing will show you how. "
They found an old salt bag cut off the bottom
ran some strings through the top to gather it in
at the neck; ripped the seam for short distance
made of an old undershirt. The red brand on
the front of the salt bag was its unique and only
decoration.
The mother is adaughter of Presbyterian
clergyman living in Florida, to whose home she
was Journeying from her own home in Cincin-
natl. The interesting event that took place was
wholly unexpected and unprepared for AS the
physician who had been photographed for failed to
appear, the premonition of the fellow passenger
proved very opportune. The child was named
Walter after the doctor, and Phelps, after the
young lady who made the salt-bag dress.
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Frank Cannon, a nephew of Congressman Cannon,
died suddenly at Tuscola on Wednesday night
Henry NJ Sutton, of Charleston, has been missing
since Sunday morning. He left letter asking Mrs.
Dr. Hall have his five children taken to the Orphan
Asylum.
Rev. W B. Gillemore, prominent minister of the
German Reformed Church at Havana, died suddenly
Wednesday morning aged forty years He
had been fifteen years in active ministry.
Two unknown men were killed at Sandwich on
Wednesday night while alighting from freight train
1t is supposed they attempted to jump upon the depot
platform together and knocked one another under the
Assignee Cochran, of the broken bank at Lovngton.
against which there claims amounting to $75 900
says the assets viii foot up $40 900 and that new
bank win DO started. q L. Banks who swamped the
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Fify-seven Deaths from One Pig.

~.
On September Is, 1883, trichinous pig was
slaughtered in little town of Saxony. The
meat was sold in this and surrounding villages
1t was eaten in raw state as minced meat.
From this 36l cases of trchiniasis are known to
have occurred, fifty seven of which proved fatal
than in his life. Fifty-seven deaths from one
pig! Three hundred and sixty-one cases of seri-
Gus sickness from one pig! But the pig was
eaten raw. Its malignant qualities would have
been destroyed by proper cooking 1t is to be
observed that this was not an American pig but
a veritable German pig Probably Bismarck
will want to prohibit American pork because a
German pig has done so much harm.
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concern. has been heard from. He is at Portland
Ore He will be brought to Moultrie county on a
requisition and prosecuted.
John Borngasser, ST. died at LaSalle, after short
Illness on Wednesday. The deceased came to that
city in 1852 poor and at the time of his death
was worth 300, 900. He was born in Dexheim, Ger
many, and was fifty-six years old.
James Guinea president of the First National
Bank, of Norris fell dead the sidewalk Thursday
morning while going to his place of business. His
daughter was married only few days ago to Mr.. j. j.
Fitzglbbon OF Chicago and the couple are now away
ON wedding tour
Westfeld was visited by fire Thursday morn
ing which destroyed property amounting to 81 800
half of which was insured. The losers are Fred
Hofsas, boot and shoe shop; Miss Sal1e Barricklow
millinery store; Tom Houghten, drug store, and a
vacant building owned by l.. S. Burnapp.
Noe, the murderer had entered plea of guilty, and
Judge Zane, of Vandalia has sentenced him to the
penitentiary for life. The Bond county people
much dispeased with the sentence that they talk
ing of organizing lynching party and capturing Noe
before he can be moved to the penitentary.
Charles Rundell cousin of Marshall S. Pritehard
who was mysteriously wounded at Rockford the
night of Jan "a, 1879, has made affidavit that Geo.
Demunn, of Belvidere, told him that he saw Harry
Hilman, former police officer shoot Pritchard dead
in his tracks The affidavit further says that Denunn
stated that he saw Hillman, Pritchard and another
man driving in cutter the cemetery; that they
quarreed and jumped out, and that Pritchard struck
Himan, whereupon the latter whipped out revolver
and shot Pritchard down Demunn says he has not
dared to dvlge this story before for fear of his life
Hilman is now at Ida Grove, Ia.
There is very little change in the strike of the stove
molders at Quincy. The non-unOn molders have been
guarded all week to and from work but it found
that marching in body tended to create excitement
Express wagons secured to carry them. This
morning, while on the way down. three women pelted
them with overripe eggs, and when they getting
into the wagons this evening the crowd hooted and
erick said to the foundry that he thought they
had better close their shops, the attempt to run
them was melting riot. This proposition by the
chief officer of the city has created aazement among
the manufacturers
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The Couture.
Pail Mall Gazette.

The fashion of arranging the hair still wavers
between the classical knot and the couture la
Chinoise. The time for the former is no doubt
past and the Chinese way of brushing the hair
from the back up to the top of the head will
effectively Danish it when summer comes with
its sultry days. The arrangement has, beside
this advantage in its favor, that it is far from
unbecoming. A loosely cooled knot at the top of
the head, fastened with a few glittering steel
pins or held up by high Spanish comb of tor
toise-shell is well enough; the airy curls on the
forehead, add to the charm; but as tournures,
gloves, and other parts of women's apparel have
grown during the last few years, there is some
danger that the couture, too, might also take to
growing in height-which would be pity
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The Extreme Penalty.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
Fort WAYNE, April 25.-The jury in the case of
William Boyle, the tramp indicted for murder in the
first degree in the killing of Daniel Casey, another
tramp at Monroeville this county retired this after
at 3:45, and at 10 o'clock tonight returned
verdict of guilty with death the penalty. The de-
PENDANT p.oaded sef-defense In his evidence Boyle
said that Casey told him he shot Marshal Lafontaine
at Springfield Ill, and had escaped. Boyle and Casey
were burglars, and had quarreled division of
Dlunder.
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f4ansley 8 1Ietzger,s FIaxseed.

CHICAGO April 25.-M. S. Robinson, of the
grain commission firm of A. S. Robinson & Co..
was arrested to-day on complaint of Hanley 6
Metzger, of Logansport, Ind. They charge that
his firm sold 10000 bushels of fiaxseed pur-
hold Robinson & Co. s warehouse receipts.
The preliminary hearing will take place to-mor-
row. Robinson says he bought no tiaxseed from
Hanley & Metzger, and they do not hold any
warehouse receipt for it.
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
Radical Changes Which Bismarck Proposes
in the German Constitution.

BERLIN, April 25.-Prince Bismarck is prepar-
ing radical revision of the constitution of the
Empire. He proposes to amend the election law
making a new classification of electors, and to
create permanent military budget. Besides
this, he will impose upon the deputies of the
Reichstag an oath of fidelity to the constitution,
his object being to exclude Socialists from mem
bership If the Reichstag rejects these changes,
the German provinces will be convooked in &C
cordance with the terms of the present constitu
ton. to frame new constitution embodyng
Prince Bsmarck's ideas.
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CHATTANOOGA April 25.-The trial of Frank
James, at Huntsville for completely in the Mussel
Shoals robbery, concluded with the verdict of not
guilty. The courthouse was packed and the verdict
greeted with a round of cheers. james was i'm
mediately arrested by the sheriff of Cooper county
Mo.
1t is understood Minnesota officials were here
waiting to arrest him indictment
for the Saltwater bank robbery and murder,
but were anticipated by Rodgers, who sat Immediately
behind the defendant The latter leaves for Missouri
with his wife tonight.
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I.O.O.F. Celebration at Laporte.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAPoRTE, April 25.-The sixty-ffth anniversary
celebration of the o. 0. F. of northern Indiana and
southern Michigan occurred in this city to-day.
Excursions were all railroads entering here.
and eight hundred of the order appeared in the
parade. Hon. Charles H. Reeve, of Plymouth de-
Hvered the address Of the day. The exercises were
held at Halls Opera house.
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that its reaction would be felt in Madrid. The
republicans promised Cuba self government, and
declared that the relations between Spain and
Cuba, would be made similar to those between
ENGLAND and Canada
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Guarding Against the Silver Danger.

THE HAGUE, April 25.-The upper house of the
States General to-day-26 to 10passedabi authoriz.
ing the government to demonze silver to the amount
of % 600 900 FORMS should the monetary situation
of the country render such step necessary. The bill
passed the lower house early in March, If its provs-
ions carried out it will withdraw from circulation
something one-sixth of the entire silver coinage
which amounts to something more than l42 600, 900
IA.
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Cable Notes.

Demosthene Oliver, French statesmen, is dead, aged
eighty-fve
Fannie Ellsler the celebrated dansuese, is danger
ously i'll in London.
Francois de Sales Ieonce Dupont French journalist
and author is dead; aged sxty-seven.
Adviees from India state that cholera is abating
One death from cholera is reported at Bombay.
Bismarck and Count Won Hatzfeldt are both con-
fined to the house with colds, but able attend
to necessary business.
Won Motke is i'll with eatarrh of the lungs. He has
obtained long leave of absence, and will retire to his
estate in Silesia He retains nominal command Of the
staff.
The propretors of the leading steel works in Prus
STA, including Krupp, have informed their workmen
that overprOduction compels them to reduce the
number of working hours. Some propretors threaten
to close their works.
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The receiver of the Texas & St Louis railroad,
in operation between Cairo, Ill, and Waco, Tex,
has applied for permission to contract with the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company for the ex-
elusive telegraph privileges. This application is
exciting much speculative comment.
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Fatal Boiler Explosion.

TOLEDO O., April 25.-About o'clock this
morning the boiler in the saw mill of J. r.
Lamb, at Liberty Centre, Ohio exploded in
stantlly killing Wallace Hackett the engineer,
and William Howe, the head sawyer. Both
leave families Three other men in the building
were uninjured. The building and machinery
were damaged 81 800
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ILLINOIS.
Losses by the Burning of NIcEwen Brothers
of


NORRIS April 25.-The loss by the burning of
MeEwen Brothers elevator is quite large The build
ing owned by Jeseniah Collins and would cost to
rebuild, with engine, machinery and cribs, 81 900
The grain owned by Marevey e. Hansen; loss
about $4,000. The office and lum-
ber-yard of Charles AcEwen, competed
with the elevator partially burned loss about 800.
The intense heat set fire the warehouse of George
f. Brown. and it, with its contents, was also CON
sumed. The building belonged to Michael Cryder,
for 81 600 The grain belonged to Canacommis.
sioner Brown, and was insured in the company
for So 900.
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The Daniel o,Connen Memorial.

LONDON, April 25-Canon Brosnan writes the Tab.
let on the results of his interview at Rome with the
American bishops regarding the proposed erection of
an Irish memorial church 20 Daniel O'Connen. The
Archbishop of Chicago said ~ will send word to Chi
cago, to my faithful and thoroughly Irish flock, to
bishop Fitzgerald and Archbishop Ryan also warmly
approved the movement.
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A Bucket Of Brandy and a murder.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April 25-The Tribune has
information that, in Russell county, George Glib
son. his cousin, William Gibson, James
Powers and Wayne Powers bought a
bucket of brandy in the mountains and got into
dispute about who had paid most for it. Knives
and pistols were drawn VIM. Gibson
was shot and killed. The other three
built fire the body, burning it to crisp. The
three murderers were lodged in Jail. Lynching was
barely averted. The people are greatly excited, and
the murderers may yet be taken from Jail and hanged
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Saw-NIilI Burned,

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HUNTINGTON, April 25-The steam saw-mil of Eli
Bonbrake, eight miles north of Huntingdon was en-
tirey destroyed by fire yesterday. The fire originated
in the furnace. Loss, $4,000; insurance, So, 500.
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During the month of March the Chicago West
ern Railway Weighing Association weighed So.
700 cars of freight, an increase of IL 961 cars
over the previous month, and of 675 cars over
March, 1853.
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An Ex-Sberir Assass;natel.

CAIRO, April 25.-At Golconda, last Wednesday
night exSheriff Frank Waters was shot in the abdo-
men and killed while dressing in a room, by some one
who shot through toe window An enemy of Waters
named Charles Mcneil is in custody.
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A Woman the Democracy Wants.


1t is said that woman in Maine has formed
$50 ineligible words from the letters compris-
ing the familiar word ''incomprehensibility
She ought to be employed to define the Demo
cratic position on the tariff.