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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09
Miles of Fire.

RALEIGH, n. g., April 4.-For three
davs and nights the most destruc-
tive fires ever known in this section
fave been devastating the southern
border of the State, extending into
$ X or seven counties. Vast forests
O { longleaf pine have been attacked.
T he high winds famed the
fl ames into fury, and hundreds OF
tt .ousands OF trees were burned, and
1t tme of the largest turpentine orch
a. ds in the State were ruined. Many
fs rm-houses were destroyed. The
y eople have been bravely fighting
the fire. A number of towns mar
rowly escaped destruction. At Man
Icy, on the Raleigh and Augusta
Railway, number of houses were
burned. Large stores of lumber and
railroad sills on the line of the road
ere also destroyed, and dozen
tdrpeutine distilleries We're ruined.
I be country in great stretches Is but
a blackened wilderness. The extent
of the disaster Is not vet known.
Many families have been rendered
homeless. The fire has swept here
and there, fifty miles in one direc-
ton and thirty in another. Few
places, it Is, reported, escaped The
fires were caused Dy burning brush.
The high wind drove the sparks into
the turpentine woods, so that they
went in many directions at once.
The fire extended far into South
Carolina. On the lines OF the Char
lotte. Columbia and Augusta Rail
road the trains have been running
through miles Of fire. Two dwell
ings and eight or ten barns were
burned III that district. SO far as
now known no lives were lost.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09
Welcoming General Grant.

WASHINGTON, April 2.-About
4 o'clock this afternoon two gentle
men entered the floor of the House
from the East door. One of them,
limping heavily upon his crutches,
was General Grant, the other his
bosom friend General Beale, of Cal
ifornia. The eX-President seated
himself upon an easy chair in the
rear of the Democratic side, and
looked stolidly around the hall.
The Indian Appropriation bill was
under discussion, and very little at
tention was paid the proceedings.
Ex-Speaker Randall was talking
with friends in the rear of the Cham
ber and recognizing the newcomer
as General Grant, he rushed for
ward to greet him. Instantly the
word was passed around that ex-
President Grant was upon the floor
and public business was suspended.
Members on the Democratic side
left their seats and formed a circle
around the chair where General
Grant was sitting, many of them be-
ing introduced to him by Mr.. Ran
dali.
The Republicans, observing the
unusual stir on the opposite side Of
the hall, were attracted to the neigh-
borhood by curiosity, and to all in
tents and purposes the business OF
the Committee of the Whole ceased.
Mr.. Randall Immediately walked
down the aisle, secured the attention
of the Chairman of the committee,
and move that the committee rise.
The motion was agreed to, and then
he said the House had been honored
by a visit from General Grant, ex-
president of the United States, to
whom no member of that body need
ed an introduction, and moved that
the House take a recess for fifteen
minutes to enable the representatives
to pay the distinguished citizen their
respects
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09
Seve raj Men BadIy Hurt.

READI SG, April 2-Several labor
ers met with terrible accident on
! the Lebanon Valley Railroad, near
Wernersville, about twelve miles
east of here. late yesterday afternoon.
They were working in the vicinity
of WomelsGort, repairing the road
bed. and had two small trucks with
them loaded with iron rails and
tools. When they quit work pas
sens .er train pulled into the station
The men, anxious to reach their
, home, as early as possible, pushed
/ their trucks to the rear of the pas
senger coach and hooked on Ten
men were on the trucks The train
LETT and all went well until they
cross eG a switch near Wernersvllle
when the front wheels of the first
truck broke, wrecklng it badly.
The second truck piled over the first
and the men were throwing In all
directions and badly bruised and
crippled. One man was thrown 36
feet into a pile of coal. Others were
hurled headlong down a bank and
others were pitched face downward
on the track with great force.
A telegram from Wernersville to
night says that several of the iniur-
ed are in critical condition. Dr.
Weidman, the company's physician
has been summoned from here.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09
Murderously Assaulted.

WESTON, April "A bloody afiray
took place yesterday between four
women at Cedar Creek, Gilmer Co.,
about thirty miles Southwest of this
place. The trouble originated in a
dispute between Mrs. Eliza f. Rich
ardson, widow, and somewhat
notorious woman named Jane
Thompson, over the ownership of a
chicken. The Thompson woman
resolved to kill Mrs. Richardson, and
for that purpose enticed her to her
house, where two other women had
agreed to take hand in the muir
der On entering the house Mrs
Richardson was met by Jane
Thompson, armed with a bowie
knife The latter made a lunge at
her, the weapon entering her left
breast and passing entirely through
her body. The other two women as
sauited the defenseless and bleeding
victim with clubs and stones, while
the knife was vigorously piled, many
horrible wounds being inflicted
about Mrs. Richardson's head, neck
and face. The three murderously
minded women have been arrested.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09
RaiGing the Mooushtners

LOUISVILLE, April deputy
United States Marshal Campbell ar
rived in town to-day with twenty
one moonshiners, captured in Greene
and Casey Counties, where their dis
tilieries were destroyed. This is the
heaviest raid made for years, and
the authorities had a sharp battle
with the prisoners While escorting
nine of the moonshiners through
Casey county tie marshals Were at
tackled from an ambuscade, and q
furious fight ensued. 1t was early
dawh, and. fortunately, no serious
wounds were sustained. Six of the
attacking party were captured, with
Gordon Hill, a daring meOEshine
leader, at their head. One of the
gang was robust, fine looking girl
o. 19, named Tina Baker, whose
father escaped. She was armed
with rifle, and was dressed in a
short skirt and wore a mans slouch
hat The gang lived among almest
inaccessible Businesses. and Bakers
house commanded all the approach
es. His daughter was the sentinel.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09
Steamer Burned.

COLUMBUS, Ga, April 3.-The
steamer Rebecca Everingham, Cap
tain, George Whiteside, was burned
to the waters edge, at Fitzgerald
landing, on the Chattahoochee river
forty miles below this city, at Ala
O'Clock this morning. The fire orig.
mated in the stern of the steamer
and it is thought from an electric
lamp spark. The passengers who
were saved escaped in their night
clothes.
Cpatain George II. Whitesldes,
commander OF the vessel, was pain
fully burned. All the officers did
their duty. The conduct of Pilot
George l.. Lapham and his son, a
lad OF fourteen years, is especially
commended. They remained on
board and materially assisted in
landing the passengers.
Three hundred and seven bales of
cotton and a small miscellaneous
freight was burned. The boat was
valued at $4,000 and is a total loss,
with no insurance. There were Is
cabin and 8 deck passengers on
board. The vessel belonged to the
Central Line and piled on the Chat
tahoOchee river, between this city
and Apalachicola Bay, on the Gulf
Coast. The passengers that escaped
have reached this city and some of
them are severely burned. Thirteen
persons are reported missing.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09

FoR square, unmitigated, point
blank. shameless f4lsehood and de-
ception, the primary election fer this
borough and township, on Saturday
last, viii take the cake. Men who
claim to be gentlemen, honorable in
their dealings, and sober in their
walk and conversation, members Of
churches-Christians forsooth-who
thank God that they are not as pub
licans and sinners, unblushingly
misrepresented their fellow citizens.
and deceived the voters. Without
nesitancy, and apparently without
a qualm of conscience, these men,
all day long, represented 20 the vot-
ers that Messrs. Liyengood and CO.
yer were Arthur men and opposed
to Blaine, and this, in the face Of the
fact that they are both gentlemen Uf
unimpeached integrity, and were
publicly pledged to support Mr..
Blaine, ifthey were elected. These
are the political methods Of the
men who claim TO be reformers, and
whose professed object is to purify
politics. Notwithstanding these ras-
cally misrepresentation, which had
their effect at the polls here, Liven-
good and Cover have a handsome
majority in the county, and when,
next week, at the District Conference
and in the State Convention. they
vote for Blaine delegates to the Chi
cago Convention. as they unques-
tionably viii do, the gentlemen
who so belied them, will not only
stand convicted of falsehood, bat
VIII have a very pleasant task ex-
planning their conduct to the voters
they so grossly deceived.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09
LET THERE BE HARMONY AT
HARRISBURG.

The thing first to be desired by
Republicans in this State Is har-
monious State Convention, where the
majority sentiment shall be reflected
in such a way as to command the
respect of all who have the good OF
the party at heart. If the friends OF
Blaine are in fair majority, as they
almost assuredly will be, and desire
instructions for the Delegates-at-
large. there should be no effort to
defeat so fair a purpose, and Blaine
should be given all the moral and
actual support which comes from
harmonious action. With the Con-
vention ending in good feeling, the
six weeks intervening may be great
ly improved when the nominating
proceedings culminate at Chicago,
and SO improved as to promote the
success of Pennsylvania choice
Chairman Cooper.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09
All Quiet in Cincinnati.

CINcINNArI, April 3.-Matters
continue quiet everywhere IN the
city. Portions OF the barricades In
Sycamore street, near the Jail, re.
main as rallying points in case OF
anv further attack. The lower por-
ton of the Court House will soon lie
protected by boards to keep out the
crowds. The militia on duty, the
Seventeenth Regiment. patrol the
sidewalks all around the Court
House and Jail and keep everybody
from approaching nearer than the
curbstone. Although almost every
building in the vicinity is marked
by bullets, which ordinarily would
draw crowds of sight-seers, there
are comparatively few people about
and they keep moving.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09
4 Wife's Terrible Story.

YOUNGSTOWN, April 6.-Bridget
Sex last night procured a warrant
charging her husband with ill-treat-
ment. He is a puddler in the Ha-
zelton mills and 10 years her senior.
Her story ef his abuse is heart-rend-
ing. On Friday night her husband
tore hands full of her hair out. He
has vowed to kill her ere he dies. A
short time ago he attempted to shoot
her. The cap fell off the gun and
saved her life. She charges him
with numbering her mother, Mrs.
Finnigan, at Johnstown, Pa, Christ
mas night. fourteen years ago. Dur
ing family quarrel he attempted to
shoot her brother. The mother in
terfered and was shot in the hip.
She lived only a short time. Officer
attempted TO arrest him, and he fled.
All efforts to find him were fruitless
and were abandoned. Mrs. Sex
moved to Baltimore and lived there
several years. Her husband finally
appeared, stating that be had been
sailing IN the lakes under an alias.
After his identity she again lived
with him. They have lived here
four years. Sex is noted for his bad
temper. Neighbors and children
have often interfered to prevent vio-
lence to the wife. At the close of her
story she exclaimed: 81 can stand
this no longer. | would rather beg
am a heart broken woman" Sex
will be arrested in the morning. The
authorities at Johnstown were mott
fad
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09

THE Philadelphia Times has the
following consolitary memarks for
It's Democratic friends, regarding
the results of their Congressional
Free-rade cyclone:
The regulation cyclones Of the
prairie lands have started in earlier
than usual this season: but the
Morrison or Free-tradc political cy-
clones have started quite as early.
The Second Kansas district sent
out the first Morrison cyclone lust
when the Free-trade destruct;onists
were jubilant with expected yictor-
and a Republican gain Of some seven
thousand in a fairly contested battle.
was the first Morrison cyclone of the
season.
On Tuesday last, another Morri-
son cyclone started up In Minneap-
oils, where the Republicans scored a
gain of some seven thousand, and
swept away every patch and shred
of the Free-trade structures with out
buildings and fences.
In Springfield, H., the home State
OF Morrison, the new Free-trade and
whisky combination was struck by
. political cyclone, and only two
wards escaped the general sweep of
the tornado. The issue was squarely
made in Springfield, as Morrison
would make it on Free-trade and
whisky, by making a Democratic
ticket of saloon keepers, and the
city that usually turns up five Dem
ocratlc wards to two Republican,
Just reversed the figures and gave the
Republicans FIVE of the seven.
Last year Rhode Island was con-
sidered debatable on the State tick
ct, but the Morrison cyclone struck
il on Wednesday ard the Republi-
can State ticket was elected without
a contest. There was even strong
er leaven of independence visible on
local issues this year than last. but
there was no tangible Democracy to /
hitch TO, and the Free-trade cyclone
swept the State resistlessly.
Morrison read his tariff bill ia
place, as an entering wedge to Free
trade, just OH the eve Of the import
ant municipal elections of Philadel- |
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valley, but no other damage has
been reported.
CHATTANOOGA, April "A cyclone
one hundred yards wide passed be
low this city last night.
Two members of Colonel Tatum s
family were killed and five other
deaths are reported. Trees on the
mountain were torn UP by the roots.
Several trees we're blown across the
track of the Alabama Great South
ern Railway and the night express
was thrown from the rails by the
obstruction. Fireman Ed Brown
was killed and Engineer Mike Frow
ley was injured.
HUNTSVILLE, April "A destruc-
tive cyclone passed through the
southeast portion of this county
last night greatly damaging timber
and fencing. The house OF a family
named White was completely blown
away. Mrs. White and her mother
in-law were killed. A baby was
carried several miles and deposited
\ in the woods, where it was found
alive, this morning. A man named
| Glover had both shoulders broken
and other persons sustained injuries
more or less serious.
! COLUMBIA, 5. c., April "A fear
! full hurricane has prevailed here
since g "a. m. Trees were uprooted
miles of fencing leveled, gardens de
strOyed, windows demolished and
ont-houses blown down throughout
the city. The iron roof of the State
House, that cost $4,000, has beer
| blown of. The Palmetto Monu
ment is greatly damaged. 1t is re
I. ported that It village in Lexington
county has been completely destroy
ed and several persons injured.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09
Forty-Nine Persons Dead.

CINCINNATI, April 2.-One of the
wounded in the riot taken to the
hospital unconscious, name not
known, died to-day. Just before
death he rallied sufficiently to say
his name was William White This
makes 40 deaths. OF the IS burial
permits of victim: of the late riot, II
of the killed were born in Germany
IS in America, mostly Of German
parents, in Ireland, l in Wales. Ii
is said the executive committee have
obtained half of the 100000 they
propose to raise to employ specia
police force.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09

If, as appears to be generally adj
mitted, no Republican can be elected
without the vote Of New York, then
unpleasant as may be the conclusion
it is virtually admitting that that
State will name the candidate; and
Just here is the point that is giving
thinking men some trouble, toi
while Blaine is unquestionably the
choice of the two other great States
Pennsylvania and Ohio, a very de-
termined warfare is being urged
against him by the Independents o.
New York, and George ". Curtis
editor Of Harper's Weekly, the lead
ing Independent writer Of the State
Insists that be will not receive :heil
vote, and consequently cannot carry
the State if nominated.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09

THE fractional paper currency is
sued by the Government amounted
in 1874, to s46,000.000. Theredemp-
ton of it was then begun, and has
continued tc the present time. At
the end Of the last fiscal. year June
80, 1888 there was about 81, 100000
still outstanding, the greater guam
titv Of which has been lost or de-
stroyed, or is in the hands OF curios-
ity collectors. The Government is
likely to net about 100000 by the
operation.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09

TIE Democrats of this State meet
at Allentown to-day l9th inst }.
They will put Samuel J. Randall.
of Philadelphia, in nomination as
their candidate for President, select
delegates to support him in their
National Convention, and pass reso-
buttons in favor of tariff that will
bear iree-trade or protection face,
10 suit any locality. The Record, of
Philadelphia, a Democratic free
trade journal. sizes up the position
OF the party in the following terse
paragraph They hope to be trust
ed, not on the strength of what they
will do, but on what they may dc. =
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09
A Building Falls.

ST. LOUIS, April 6.-The carriage
factory of J. Kenple, 2l6, Spruce
street, a three stery brick building,
quietly caved in early this morning
aud was nearly destroyed. About a
dozen employees with their families
occupied the upper story, several OF
whom went down with the debris,
but fortunately none were seriously
injured, excepting Mrs Cacerno,
whose hip was dislocated, and a
child whose eyes were blinded with
lime dust. Several marvellous es-
capes were made The fire alarm
sounded, and those of the inmates
who had not already escaped were
taken out of the ruins by firemen.
Damage about $1,000.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09
Harness, Saddles, Brides, Whips.
A MENDMENTS TO BOROUGH
"a nRnIN NEES

BE it ordained hy the authority Of the Burgess.
and Town Council Of Somerset Borough, and it i,
hereby ordained,
That from and after the passage Of this orli
nance. Section No Of the Borough Ordinance be
amended, So n to read as follows. viz:
That the High Constable shall take up and i'm.
pound any boar, barrow, sow, sh0at or pig ram
wctheT, eve, lamb or sheep. goose or geese. and
goats found running at large within the limits of
said borough from and after the 18th day Of a pril
lssl and proceed to make public sale thereof. al
ter public notice by at least six advertisement,
put up in the most public places OF said borough
Tor two days, unless the owner or owners shall
previous to he sale, pay or tender to said officer
the sum OF fifty cents mead for each boar, barrow.
sow, sh0at or pig ram, wethcr, eve, lamb or
sheep, goose or geese. aud goats, 50 impOunded.
together with the expenses of keeping and all
other costs.
That all ordinances to which penalties are at
tached are hereby amended. so as To read Shall
pay fine Of dollars. OF undergo imprisonment
in the borough lookup, not exceeding - hours, OF
either or both. at the discretion of the Burgess.
Enacted and subscribed this Goth hday Of March,
A. D., 1854.
Attest l.. L. COLBORN.
LA ItU + VI. HICKS, Burgess.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09

Iris stated that in 1888 about
1900 murders were committed IN
this country, and 90 murderers were
executed. Looking at the disPro-
portion between the number d
criminals and the number punished
il Is not TO be much wondered al
that trial by jury is being looked
upon rs failure, and mobs under
take to punish criminals.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09

MG. TmDEN has again been inter
viewed; this time by a Democrat
from Cleveland. The old gentleman
exhibited his physical strength by
striking out from the shoulder, with
both arms alternately, stamping Wig
orously with bis feet, and then re-
marking, in a sepuichral whisper
"No paralysis there. We expect to
hear next, that Slugger Sullivan has
attempted to knock him out, and
failed
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09

lT is remarkable hoG coy the
Presidential candidates are this
year. Blaine, Arthur, Sherman and
Edmunds, Republicans and Tilden,
and Payne, Democrats, each declare
they are not seeking nominations.
If this thing continues, we are going
to have that rare experience of, the
Office seeking the man.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09

THAT staunCh and reliable Old
journal, the Philadelphia North
4 mericoa, utters a few words Of
caution to the Republicans of this
State against oyer confidence in the
result at the Chicago Convention.
1t says:
"Our people should not conclude
that because Mr.. Blaine is the favor
ite here, be is, therefore, the favorite
elsewhere. He Is probably stronger
in Pennsylvania than anywhere else
than he Is even in Maine, his
adopted State. But there are thirty
seven States beside, and it must not
be forgotten that the peoplein many
OF them are Just as intelligent, Just
as patriotic, and Just as likely to
have a choice as the people of Penn
sylvania. And much will depend
upon the choice of those States who
shall be selected at Chicago. This
fact should be kept in view at all
times, and fully considered in order
that the Republicans of this State
may be able to acquiesce IN that
selection, even if it happen TO be
made despite their expressed prefer
enee, and in accord with the prefer
ence Of the much larger body Of Re
publicans in the rest Of the States. y
In the same strain, that intense
Republican paper, the Chicago Inter
Ocean, also utters the following eau
ton against over confidence in the
result:
The Republican party should not
count upon electing It's President
because there is division of the Dem
ocratic party upon the tariff, The
average Democrat will vote the tick
ct whether Mcdonald. Morrison,
Randall, or Payne is the leader The
men selected by the Republicans
must be men on whom no mud can
be made TO stick, and whose states
manship is of such a character that
the entire business interests as well
as the werkingmen will have conf
dence. The Nation is prosperous
and desires no change, and the Re
/ publican party viii be successful if
1t merits success in wisely choosing
its leaders.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09

Syracuse Standard (Rep.) Fair
minded people will be apt to con
cede all that is claimed by the Buff
falo Commercial in regard to the ca
reer of President Arthur. His rec
ord, by its excellencies, has surpris-
ed many of his enemies and graft
fed all of his friends. His public
acts and bis official expressions have
been commended by the great body
of the party that elected him, and
the country has Jared well during
his administration. All this is the
more To President Arthur's credit
since he is what has come TO be
known as an accidental President, a
parsonage who, for sufficient reason,
perhaps, has been regarded with dis
favor by the American people time
our of mind.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09

THE Boston Journal says. Too
much confidence is manifested as TO
the ability Of the Republican party
to carry the next Presidential cleo
ton. All statements that whoever is
the Republican nominee will surely
be elected, or that the party can sue
ceed without New York, are false
and misleading.